Saving Each Other

CHAPTER 4

It's Monday and I had a lot to do. I woke up, had breakfast and headed to work. I started my day by writing Elizabeth's extracurricular activity schedule and also visit our firm's nutritionist to plan her diet. I also had a few appointments with new clients. I skipped lunch to attend the rehab circle for a motivational speech for patients who have recovered. I had many other appointments with my old clients after that. I then spent the rest of the afternoon organizing my drawers and the pile of files that I had to go through. Time flew fast as I finished going through quarter of the patients' files.

At 6:30pm my boss Mrs. James came in my office and said, " I saw your office lights on so I was wondering what you were doing here this late," I looked up and saw a female hourglass figure in a high-waisted dark-grey pencil skirt with a light pink tucked buttoned-down collared shirt paired with black louboutins. She had dark hair and her classic bob made her look even more gorgeous. She had a square face and a fair complexion, almond shaped brown eyes and high cheek-bones with classic red lips. "Oh hey Mrs. James, I was just winding up," I answered. She nodded and said, "Alright. See you tomorrow." I smiled and said, "Have a good evening." She replied, "You too," She walked towards the door and stopped and said, "Oh yes, I saw you having lunch with Eden Mueller yesterday. You seem to be getting along well," I answered, "Oh yes, we met coincidentally at the mall and we decided to grab lunch together," She raised her eyebrows and said, "Oh great." She then slammed the door and left.

It took me an extra 30 minutes to wind up for the day but I still had a lot to do. I then see a reminder on my phone to ask for an annual leave. The month of December began in 5 days so this Saturday would be my last day of the year at work. 'I'll just talk to Mrs. James tomorrow morning.' I say to myself. I headed home and saw Scarlet cooking. "I smell deliciousness!" I said as I put my bag and coat down. Scarlet turned and said, "I made shrimp scampi!" I smile and say, "Yum!" I set the table and Scarlet served the shrimp scampi with ramen, "So how was work?" she asked. "It was pure exhaustion today," I replied. "I had nothing to do today so I had lunch with Bethany." She added. "I didn't even get time to have lunch today, I'm starving." I added as I took a bite of shrimp. "This is so good!" I added as I took another bite. Scarlet grinned and said, "Got the recipe from Bethany," I then asked, "Oh yeah, how is she doing now? I didn't have spare time to visit her," Scarlet nods and says, "She is doing well but I'm worried about her." I put down my fork and cross my hands and said, "Worried? You said everything went well," She replied, "Her surgery went well but she is diabetic and she's recovering slower than expected. She also had a few cardiovascular complications when she was admitted. She also has an infection in her stitches. She's constantly in pain but I told her it was normal just so that she wouldn't freak out." I worriedly added, "She is really old; let's give her time to recover properly. We should hang out with her more often so that she doesn't have to bear her pain silently." Scarlet said, "Yes that's exactly what I was thinking." After we had dinner, I said, "I'll do the dishes," we always take turns in cooking and doing the dishes. After cleaning up, I saw Scarlet doing yoga in the living room. I was too tired to join her so I said, "I'm too tired. I'm off to bed. Night Scar," She opened her eyes and said, "Good night,"

The next morning at work, I go to Mrs. James cabin first to ask for my annual leave. I knock on her door and hear, "Come in," she was talking on the phone so she pointed at the chair across her table. I sat and waited for her to finish talking. She twirled her chair back and forth and I couldn't stop from eavesdropping. I hear her say, "Oh come on Eden just one drink. I'll pay." I roll my eyes and shake my head. It was so typical of her. She had a 15 carat Schwartz diamond ring from her husband but she flirted around with other men. Her husband never had a clue because he usually travels around the world so he hardly has time to be suspicious. She then got pissed and hung up probably because Eden refused to go out with her. She was ashamed to accept the rejection so she smiled widely at me and said, "Guess what! Eden Mueller just asked me out!" I smile and say, "That's great!" she then added, "but I refused his offer, he doesn't know that I'm married." I wanted to laugh because she was ridiculous. I felt jealous that she asked Eden out but I was also glad that he rejected her.