Hiraeths

The sound of cars speeding past my house brought me out of my trance, I couldn't stop thinking about my past life, at least I think it's my past life. I spent my whole life thinking about my past life, I couldn't help it, no one could. The memories feel too real like I lived them.

My parents abandoned me when I was a kid, I was adopted by a terrible family, they had one kid that lived with them, I never knew if that kid was their biological kid or not. The parents would beat me in order to keep the other foster kids in line, they never abused them, just me. That was something I could never wrap my head around, why did they only abuse me?

I'm 23 now, I work at this wonderful company that is owned by a very well-established young man. He is 26 and I'm his secretary….

I snuggled in closer to my warm blanket, it was a Sunday evening and I wanted to get some extra sleep to help prepare myself for the busy weekdays. I was finally getting some relaxation until I heard the god-awful noise of my phone ringing letting me know I wasn't going to sleep in anymore. I rolled over to see who was calling me, I was my boss. I answered the call quickly.

"Hello, sir?" I spoke hearing my voice creak slightly from the lack of moisture in my throat.

"I need you to come down to the office today." He spoke with a cold tone that sent shivers down my spine. "Yes, sir! I'll be there in 30 minutes."

"Get here in 10, I don't have time to wait for you." He spoke in an annoyed tone and hung up the call.

I rushed to get ready, running into the bathroom and brushing my teeth and hair, I went into my closet and put on my work attire. I went out of my studio apartment, locked the door, and rushed down to the parking lot to get my car.

I was able to get there in 10 minutes, but I was still late, by 30 seconds, I was late even more because I had only just entered the building, I still had to get to the elevator and go to the top floor. Once I was finally at the top floor I had been late by 2 minutes and 23 seconds.

"2 minutes and 23 seconds? " He questioned, "223 dollars will be docked from your pay check this week. Next time get here on time. "

Cold, that's all I felt, the coldness from his voice made me went to curl up and die. "Y-yes, sir. "

"We have to prepare for a meeting tomorrow morning, so go and get the paper work on your desk and come back in here. "

'We have a lot if work to do, this is going to be a long day. ' I thought.