The Lives We Live

Chapter 10

"Do you want me not to have a personal relationship with her?" Toni asked smiling.

Cheryl got nervous, "O-Of course not, I just don't want to cause you problems."

"Well you aren't, so don't worry about it," Toni said lovingly.

The redhead smiled. "There was one more thing I wanted to ask you abou-" The door opened, cutting off the redhead, Diane entered with a smile on her face.

"Hey D, come in," Toni said fixing herself.

"I asked about you back at your office, Elissa told me you were here," Diane said sitting in front of the redhead.

The redhead nodded, "I wanted Mrs. Topaz for a few questions."

Diane looked at the woman with a smile that Toni knew very well. "Tell me, Cheryl are you happy in our company?"

"Yes," She breathed and looked at Toni. "I am, thank you very much, I was just telling Mrs. Topaz that I wanted to talk to you about something."

"About what?"

"It's nothing important, it's just a suggestion. You know, in my work position, it's my job to suggest ideas and topics. And since you both work here it's my job to be going back to the both of you at the same time, I wouldn't like to overstep my boundaries."

Diane seemed pleased at the way Cheryl was talking to her. "What are your idea's Cheryl?"

The redhead started telling her about her idea's and how she should improve their website, Toni sat there in astonishment at how the redhead was able to sweet talk Diane into the new ideas. The redhead also told her about some charities that she would like to make the spotlight on them. Diane nodded convincingly and smiled. She stood up and excused herself from the office.

Toni let out a breath, "I really underestimated how smart you are."

Cheryl smiled proudly at herself. "Every person has his key."

Toni nodded. "That's true."

"But not all people can find his or her right keys."

The brunette shook her head. "Not true, any person can find the other person key. But he has to have some patience to find it. And for me, I have a lot of patience. And I'm waiting."

"And I'm going back to my office."

"Wait, you wanted to ask me something before Diane entered."

Cheryl nodded. "Oh yeah, I was surfing through our website and I found that a publisher named John is publishing the same story over and over again. Which in my opinion isn't acceptable. So I was going to Mrs. Diane to talk to her about it because I don't think she noticed or she isn't reading them, so I thought I'd ask you first."

Toni looked at the redhead, "Going to Diane to speak to her?" The redhead nodded. "Well, it's a good thing you came to me first. You want to talk to talk to her about John, correct?"

The redhead nodded again. "John Smith, do you know him?" She said his full name.

Toni laughed. "Of course, he is my brother in law."

"Oh," Cheryl sat there shocked. "There's no other John Smith?"

"Nope, not at all." Toni said laughing.

"He is a very good guy by the way." She said nervously.

The brunette laughed. "Just don't do anything, I'll talk to her."

"I have an appointment this Sunday with one of the charities that take care of the trees and plants, I'll tell you everything on Monday," Cheryl said after a few minutes.