The Lives We Live

Chapter 8

The same morning, Diane was in her office working, John entered and sat in front of her.

"Hey sis,"

"Did you just come into the office?" Glancing at the clock that was showing her that it was 11 AM.

"Yeah, late-night party, but I got my column covered. I passed by the new employee's office she wasn't there."

"She has a meeting with Toni. Looks like Elissa isn't happy with her new boss. People are telling me she's making changes and taking control, I went and talked to her but she doesn't seem like the taking control type. It's either Elissa is making her worse than she appears or that Cheryl is working from under the table." Diane said shrugging.

John looked at his sister in confusion, "But she can't do anything without going back to you."

"Toni asked her to report to her"

"What? Weren't you responsible for Veronica? What changed?"

"True, but Toni and I used to fight a lot due to some of Veronica's decisions, so Toni thought it'd be better if she handled Cheryl."

"Hold up, since when Toni has time to handle IT? D, do you think something is happening between the two of them?" John asked worriedly.

Diane sighed. "Are you crazy? She met her two days ago."

"Are you sure?" John asked.

"She used to live in Toronto, and when she came for her interview, it was the first time Toni saw her."

"She could've chosen anyone for the position, why didn't she chose me?"

"John, you barely come to the office."

"Whatever," John muttered under his breath. "I'll head out, call me if you need anything," He said as he left the office and making his way to the car.

A few minutes later, he got into his car and started it, but before he could set the car to drive, he noticed Toni's car as Toni and Cheryl were walking out of it side by side. His eyebrows furrowed as he noticed how the two looked comfortable together.

Making their way to Cheryl's car, Toni smiled. "I'll see you tomorrow?"

The redhead nodded. "Tomorrow we will fix a schedule to see how we can upgrade everything we need."

"Okay, coffee together then."

"Sure thing. I will see you tomorrow."

Toni smiled again, "Drive safe Cheryl, I just found you. I don't want to lose you."

The redhead's eyes widened as she heard the words come out of the brunette's mouth.

"I mean, you are a great IT, and I'm lucky to have you in the company,"

Cheryl nodded nervously but smiled and shook her hand with Toni, biding their goodbye, each one of them went in a direction.

The redhead came back home early so she could spend the day with her kids, since she started working and she barely had time for them, they ate and watched a movie together and after that they decided to take a nap so Cheryl went to her library and picked out that same book that Toni gave her on the plane. She sat beside Reggie who was home early too.

"The kids slept?" He asked.

The redhead nodded as she started to get lost in her thoughts, clutching the book to her chest.

Reggie noticed and sighed. "What are you thinking about?"

"No one."

"I asked what not who."