14

Wronged First Day

Aimee left the elevator but the two men behind her didn't. After locating her office, she put her iphone into her bag to get a better view of the office undistracted. The office was not what she expected though. She had thought it would be a personal office but it had four tables( though we'll spaced and arranged). All tables were occupied excluding one which she guessed was hers and moved towards it.

" Hey, how can we help you? " A voice called her. It was a tall slim dude around his middle 20s that had called her. She turned and saw him approaching her,

" Hi, I'm Aimee..sorry for just walking in just like that"

" it's fine, I'm Henry. I should blame the security personnel for not doing his job properly by stopping you" "So how can we help you? You lost your way?" He asked with a smiley face.

"No, not at all. I'm supposed to come tomorrow but was too eager to check out my new office."

"Ohhh..! A..im " he said pronouncing her name by leaving out the 'ee'.

"Aim-e-e rather" she said correcting him as they chuckled.

"Well, my table is the one beside yours" he winked, " And that's Rachel's and Eve's at the other end. They'll soon be here though." "Besides, where's the security guard in charge of this floor" Henry asked looking around then back to Aimee, " Well, have your time and explore the building. I'm right here if you need assistance" he said tapping her shoulder and giving a grin, then walked towards his table as Aimee also went to hers to put her stuffs.

After putting her stuffs in order, she left the office after a futile effort of patient waiting to see Rachel and Eve.

"Where are you off to? Henry called as her saw her leaving the office. " I can show you around" Henry offered.

" I'm just thirsty that's all...and I think I saw a dispenser on the ground floor while heading to this place"

" Oh okay then...help me ask around too for the guard in charge of this floor" Hebert said as he fell back to his computer screen.

"Not as if I know him" she murmured to herself as she pushed the glass door and left the office.

As she walked past other offices, she noticed that there was no one inside them as well looking through the glass doors.
She soon got to the elevator, when it opened, she saw those same men she had seen earlier,they were still in the elevator.
She was confused and her guts told her something was odd but she ignored it, giving herself countless reasons why the men being in the elevator was normal.

Soon, the elevator stopped at the ground floor and she left while the men didn't. She scanned through the floor looking for the water dispenser she had seen earlier. She finally found the dispenser but something was wrong...the whole room was empty. It was just a little girl and a guard at the main entrance.
She decided to approach the guard to ask what was happening,

"Hello? What's happening? Are you the guard for the fifth floor? Where are the other security personnels?" Aimee asked but didn't get any response from the man. So,she repeated the question but he didn't even move.

"Hello" she said waving her hands over his face.

" He won't respond" the little girl told her as the guard looked at the little girl and back into space.

"Hey,what's your name? " Aimee asked as she squatted to lower her height.

" Annabelle, Anna for short"

"Okay Anna, where's your Mommy? How old are you? Aimee asked with concern as she out her hands on the little girl's shoulder.
The little girl didn't mention a word and pionted to the elevator.