Mercy

Chapter 42

Justin didn't go to work the day after he got out of the hospital. Instead, I forced him to stay home for the rest of the week and just relax.

Sadly, that's over now. Back to work we go.

I tried to get Justin to not go to the gym and just come to his office with me instead because I feel like it's too soon for him to start exercising since he recently got out of the hospital,  but he said he's fine and that I shouldn't worry.
So that is exactly what I did.... well, actually I'm still worried but I ended up going to work by myself.

"Great, you're here. —We have work to do." Tamara said as she followed me into my office.

She then looked through a folder in her hand and handed me a paper with a long list of events coming up.

"What is this?" I asked.

"Events that you have to attend." Tamara explained.

"Why?"

" —Okay Ella, I understand that you've been busy due to Justin's car accident, but while you were away from work, Bel Air has been making a lot of sells. —And I mean A LOT of sells. So you need to attend these events because it's a good look for you and of course the Smith's company."

"Okay, but—"

   Suddenly, Tamara's cell phone began to ring.

"Sorry, I have to answer this." She said as she answered the phone call and walked out of my office.

   Great.

POV JUSTIN

  I've been training clients all day.

"Justin! It's so good to see you." Rita smiled as she rushed over to me and hugged me.

Rita is one of my clients that I've been training for a while now.

"It's good to see you too. —Are you ready to start?" I asked.

"Start what?" Rita blushed.

"Working out..."

"Oh...yeah...right. I'm ready. —But can you help me stretch? —Because your employee that filled in for you while you were gone did a horrible job at showing me how to stretch and now...I'm sore."

"I'll have to speak to that employee but okay, let's start. So, first we're going to—"

"Justin! Hey!" Caroline smiled as she walked towards me.

"Rita, can you give me a second please?" I asked.

Rita smiled. "Yeah, sure. I don't mind."

   I nodded my head and walked towards Caroline.

"Caroline, you can't just show up without telling me first. —What if Ella was here?" I said.

"I'm sorry." Caroline apologized.

"—And I'm glad that you recovered from your car accident." She added.

"It's okay and thank you. —So how are we going to—"

"How are we going to do what?" Ella asked as she walked up to me.