WORK ,WORK

The sun was now high as I was striding down the street going to my apartment. Subconsciously I found myself thinking about Mr Alex from earlier in the store. A lot of questions came to my mind about what he was doing in the shop. Maybe it was his way of showing that he would be closely monitoring my movements. Anyway, I quickened my pace to rush home and started packing some of my belongings since I would be moving out.

I arrived in the neighborhood and I couldn't stop the memories that were cascading in my consciousness of the time I had been there ever since I moved to the city. While in my apartment I looked at it although at times I did not like it at least it kept me safe from the weather and predators. Just as I was looking around my phone rang and I picked it up.

"hello", I said.

"Miss Stone I am being reminded that the company will send you a truck tomorrow by ten o'clock which you will use for moving some of your stuff", Mrs Johnson said politely.

"thank you, ma'am, I had already started packing in advance ", I replied.

"well in that case I'll not disturb you any further you may continue with your work. I'll hang up now. Bye', she said and hung up the phone.

I was super excited about moving and I started packing some of my Law textbooks and philosophy books. After packing some of my stuff I was tired so I lay down on my bed as I waited for my friends to come. Now as I lay on the bed I was looking at the ceiling as I pictured myself inside the CEO's office working as his secretary it was too much for me and so hard to be true. Something seemed fishy with the arrangements after all some of the secretaries worked on his office floor in their respective cubicles so why did he arrange mine to be in his office?

When the clock struck 12 I heard the doorbell and laughter just outside my door and I knew that my crazy friends had arrived. I went to open the door for them and they were very enthusiastic and holding a pizza box and a bottle of wine I bet we were going to celebrate the time I will be working for the devil I guess.

"There she is our madame secretary", Amber said giving me a tight hide.

"need an extra hand for packing your shitty stuff am here to lend my extra hands", Brittany said waving the bottle of wine in her hands.

'ooh I love you guys please come in and you brought pizza with you", I said taking the boxes of pizza from them.

We entered the room and took some of the boxes from the storeroom and we started packing very enthusiastically. Just then I was packing when I dropped my photo album and I couldn't help but look at the pictures in it.

"girl don't tell me that's what am thinking it is", Amber asked seeming surprised.

"what is it, am now jealous what are you talking about", Brittany asked.

"well it's nothing much but her photo album but we had vowed not to open it for some reason back then but let's open I miss our old self", Amber explained.

Just then we started looking over several pictures of me and Amber when we were young and innocent back then. In most of our pictures, there was his boy with us everywhere and Brittany due to her curiosity had to ask who he was and the room became quiet instantly.

"you guys I just asked a simple question then why did you suddenly become quiet? I mean who is that handsome boy who is literally in 70%of your pictures am just curious please tell me", she said and as friends, we had to tell her everything.

"well, that guy is Emma's fiancée or crush something like that. So when we were young they were very much inseparable, I was a third wheel back then so it happens from a tender age they promised each other they would marry each other", Amber narrated.

"so why the long faces let me guess he dumped her men at times are total jerks", Brittany said angrily.

"Brittany why do you always hope the worst it happened that his parents also had promised an arranged marriage to another family so he got engaged after graduation and went abroad. This took place and he never explained anything to us and years had passed who knows maybe they are married", Amber told her.

"still it's dumping her poor Emma don't worry the next time I see him I'll make him pay for what he did to you", Brittany said looking enraged.

"guys let gone be by gone okay am now past that era so please let me tell you something do you know how much I'll be making per month", I said trying to drift the conversation from Drake.

"yeah I remember you did not tell us before how much he will be paying you", Amber said.

"Well, soon I'll be rich how about we start our very own company soon because I think our dreams are soon going to come through", I said.

"I just can't wait for us to be independent women who will do what they like and when we like it will be super", Brittany.

"well I will be receiving a monthly allowance of half a million per month ", I said and I looked at their facial expressions as they turned from bright to pale.

"ha..l..f a million like $500 000 now am jealous ", Brittany said while reading her fingers and counting the number of zeros.

"Well, it's not a surprise do you know that he makes that kind of amount in a minute? He is a rich billionaire I tell you but with a fowl personality.", Amber said.

"I was very surprised like you so we will look at what to do later on with it because I don't want to work for the rest of my life for him we will help each other open their business", I said.

"no we can't let you do just that for us we are not friends with you because of your money we will find a way to realize our dreams with our meits", Brittany said.

"well let me remind you who used to buy me lunch, and groceries when I didn't have the money. Who at one time paid my rent huh you guys your always there for me now is the time for me to help you out. My family, now let's stop daydreaming I don't have such an amount yet but here we are planning something we don't have the matter is not settled let's pack and then have a drink tomorrow we have to move to the new apartment", I said as I dismissed the matter.

We continued with packing and after we were done we reheated the pizza and ate it with the wine and we went to bed early each painting a different fantasy of how the apartment would be like.

The following morning we woke up and cleaned the plates we had used the previous day and waited for the truck to arrive. After breakfast, the truck came and we loaded all our stuff in the truck and followed behind it in Amber's car as it led the way to the residential area. The building was really beautiful and even the reception was speaking luxury on its own.

We were taken to my apartment and on the floor, there were two doors, and another which was beside mine that was said to belong to someone they said. I was happy the whole apartment was colored in white and with grey furniture with black and white curtains. Everything was beyond my expectations and elegant I was even more confused about how I should enter the room it was so spacious.

We unloaded the truck and were only left to unpack some of my utensils but I couldn't help but pinch myself a little for what I was seeing right in front of me. It was too good to be true and I was enjoying every moment as it passed by.

"Who could have known that the devil would be this considerate", Amber said.

"I know right maybe he is not that bad remember she has a car but since she has no driver's licence she will be given a personal driver who does that for a mere secretary ", Brittany asked the very same question I had at first.

"maybe it's a way to sweetmouth me whilst he tortures me. Remember what the siren does to the sailsmen, they lure them with their charms and mostly their voice only to kill them in the end so this act is no exception. I just have a bad promotion that I'll suffer much more than I had when I was unemployed but what can I do I need to buy my parents a house so that they move from that cracked house ", I said reassuring and encouraging myself.

After unpacking we went out to buy some groceries as well as have lunch it was now lunchtime went to a nearby Chinese restaurant and ordered shrimp and sweet and sour pork ribs but the girls were enthusiastic as they ordered some wine. That day we ate more than we could handle and on our way to the grocery store we were full to death but due to the movements we were making metabolism was taking place in our system and it became better over time.

As the ladies were having the best of their time going shopping and eating unknown to them there was a black car that had been following them ever since they had left the new apartment. In the car, a young man with perfect facial features was smiling eerily looking at his cell phone constantly pocking at the picture which was on display. Now don't get too excited because I still have some accounts to settle with you my dear secretary you will beg for death but death itself will be scared to save you from my clutches.