MANCHESTER | Jesse Lingard

Chapter 1

ZARA

"miss Kattan, It has come to my attention that you had a little conflict with a fellow employee this morning" said Mr Pierson-the CEO of JP holdings and my boss-with a straight face as he confronted me.

"No, not really" I shrugged.

"The guy is out there with a broken arm, and all the other workers have testified against you!" He said "physically assaulting your coworker simply because he accidentally used your pen under the impression that it was his? I'm-"

"Accidentally? Is that what he told you?" I scoffed "he KNEW that was my pen and he didn't ask to use it, that motherfucker is crazy!"

So, here's what happened: this bloody dingbat, who's apparently the HHR's personal assistant (head of Human Resources), stole my pen from my desk to write his report. My favorite pink and black pen that I...may or may not have stolen from a hospital in a doctors office. Anyways that's not the point, this fool stole my pen and claimed that he had the same one, so he 'thought' it was his, now he's got his nerd juice all over it. I've been working at JP holding for 2 years now, and my coworkers know better than to go near me or my stuff. I hate people and I'm not a lovable person. You mess with my stuff, you gonna end up with a stitch. So yeah, long story short, I threw like 7 coffee mugs at him and smacked him on the arm with a monitor.

"whatever it is, my point is that this isn't the first time something like this has happened here. Just last month, you knocked an intern's tooth out for calling you crazy, which by the way you totally are!" Bro if he wasn't my boss, he'd have had his shirt for lunch "I'm sorry Zara but I'm gonna have to let you go"

"What?" I raised an eyebrow.

"I said I'm letting you go" he emphasized.

"Really?"

"Really!"

"Ohhhh..."

"Yeah"

"Thanks for letting me go, man. I really really appreciate it. You know It's always good to put things behind us and move on" I chuckled as I got off my seat "alright I'm gonna head back to work, I-"

"No no no we didn't put anything behind us, you're fired!"

What?

Lol I'm not going anywhere.

"Why are you so mad?" I sat back down "look, I get it. I'm not supposed to be knocking teeth out or throwing mugs at people in a 'place of work' "

"Why exactly are you making air quotes? This IS a place of work"

"Lesson learned! Awwh you're so understanding Mr Pierson" i Said as I stood up to leave and get back to my desk "Oh oh and I need a little favor"

He was just staring at me with his jaw dropped, he looked like he can't believe what's happening.

"Im gonna be looking for a new place to stay over the weekend so I'm gonna need Friday off" I don't wanna go too deep into it but I punched my landlord's oldest son in the eye. Calm down, I'm not on a mission to beat every single person I come across or something, I have my reasons, well, for this at least. That son of a skank tried to get into my pants simply because I couldn't pay my rent for the year. He thought I'd just spread my legs for him because I'm in desperate need of shelter. Hell, I could live under a tree for the rest of my life and still be completely fine.

"Okay, you can have all days off forever Zara, because you no longer work here!" He stated "do you understand and hear me properly?"

I said I'm not leaving "Yep, I hear you loud and clear! See you bright and early on Monday. Bye" I turned around and headed out the door.