crossroads

4. you are smart?!

" 'morning ms.vidya " i said walking early into the office . i reached my desk right when mr. akil walked out to my desk. how early in the morning does he come to the office?

" 'morning mr.akil " i said pushing a bright smile on my face.

" morning " he mumbles not taking his eyes off the file he is holding " get the vouchers for these transactions i have earmarked from the accounts department " i kept all my stuff on my desk in a haste. i grabbed the file and headed down to the accounts department. i was kinda hoping to run into the cute guy - meredith's boyfriend but all my luck got me was an nerdy fat guy . he checked out all the earmarked pages and told me in his thick voice " its gonna take some time. i will send it to rajsir's office, once its done "

i walked back into his office and informed him. he smiled knowingly and replied " its gonna take longer than that, they are not gonna find the source document "

" why not "

" because it doesn't exist " he finally looked up from his laptop.

" what ? " i said curious

" the fat guy you met , is a thief and i am gonna fire him " he said like it was nothing. he was gonna fire someone without even having proper evidence.

" what ? how can you be sure ? "

" because he opened all the pages without checking my earmarks. and he just bought a car which is way past his paycheck. and look at him now " he said turning his computer to face me. it was a live camera showing that fat guy working in his computer .

" he is working ? " i said in a mocking tone.

" no, look closely, he is making a source document "

" omg, yes " i said my eyes and mouth wide open in surprise. " you are smart! "

" well, despite the shock in your voice" he gave me a wry smile. i gave him a shrug before walking out. he is not a dedicated boss, atleast he is not dumb and stupid. the company is in better hands than i thought. after an hour or so, he called me in.

" swetha, i have sent you an email on all the files, cancel my meetings today and deliver all the documents for today in the same address " he left before i even finished my 'okay'.

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i delivered the documents to the same receptionist in the club and planned to meet lola . i didnot want to talk about my panic attack caused by a kiss as it was pathetically embarassing for me.. yet i gathered the courage to do it as my bloody conscience would be guilty otherwise. but thankfully, mrs.rose asked me to meet her after work and saved me the embarrasment.

" hey, mrs.rose " i smiled at her as i spotted her sitting at a table in the canteen.

" hey, swetha. " she smiled bright. " i miss all your pestering at school "

" aww. i miss you too ma'am. " i said sitting across her in the table.

" so , hows it going? "she was very excited to hear about it.

" its good. i have finalised his calender, i did good in the organising files part, i am also writing the summaries of - "

" how's akil?"

" he is good. he leaves early - "

" honey, you don't recognise him? " she sounds surprised.

" no " i am very confused.

" he studied here. he is your senior. the tennis akil ? "

" what ??? noooo " omg, the tennis akil? he is my super senior . That means, he is just 3 years elder than me? my eyes were wide in shock. everybody knew tennis akil. he was a sport legend in our school. i cant believe it. " but tennis akil is my super senior "

" yeah. he was strict about nobody knowing that he is the chairman's son." she smiled in nostalgia. " he was such a nice kid. "

" are you sure we are talking about the same person? i mean, the akil I met is cold and mean. " i said shrugging.

she gave a hollow laugh." he was in college when it all happend. he had to drop to be the chairman. it was huge responsibility. its been hard on him. " her eyes saddened.

" what about his family. why couldnt any of them take this place? " i gently squeezed her hand.

" he is the firstborn son. that is really complicated, honey. but his mom is trying her best. it's been really hard on them as well"

" and clearly, it been hard on you too. " I said looking at her eyes welled up with tears.

" i am sorry " she straightened up " honey, i dont wanna trouble you with all this. but i thought hiring you, your cheerful teenager energy around him would help. " i felt bad for her. clearly, it breaks her to see him like this. " Talk to him ok? I don't know how to reach him, he is , it's not easy"

It was sad to see her like this
she always had it together, being the vice principal. This must mean so much to her " i will try my best, mrs.rose. i promise " i said and gave her a reassuring smile.

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