CHAPTER 8: IT WAS HIM
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DENNY'S POV......
After dinner mom left for work and I left for school.
I was walking to my class when someone called from behind.
"Denny!"
I turned to the direction of the voice and saw Olive.
"Good morning," I waved at her as she walked towards me.
"Morning. Where are you off to?" she asked.
"To the lab. We have a project to work on. Remember?" I said, rolling my eyes a little.
"Oh I forgot. Alright, let's go then," she said and led the way to the laboratory.
On reaching there, I spotted someone. It was him again. The hoodie boy.
He was talking with his friends. I couldn’t help but notice the sadness in him. Even when he was laughing, his eyes looked tired.
Me and Olive sat down as we waited for the teacher to arrive.
The lab was noisy. People were talking, moving chairs, bringing out materials.
So I used the opportunity to ask something that had been in my head.
"Uhm Olive, who is he?" I asked as I used my head to point in his direction.
"Ohhh, that's Damian," she said. "His father is the number one sponsor of the school. He used to be the best student and also played basketball. Until 4 years ago when he lost his mother. He became distant, not serious with his studies, and he always comes to school late."
At that moment I think I understood the reason behind his sadness.
Lost his mom. Just like that, everything changed.
I felt like we were the same. Life showing us the worst part of it.
I wanted to ask more, but I was cut short of my thought when the teacher walked in.
"Good morning class," she said. "Today we will be working on the science project in pairs. You have one hour."
The teacher was still talking about how the project should be done when I leaned to Olive again.
"Hey Olive, how about his father?" I asked quietly.
"Who?" she asked, confused.
"I mean Dami..." My words were cut short by the teacher.
"Young lady," she said. She was staring at me and Olive. "It seems you are distracted by your partner."
She looked around the class and her eyes landed on Damian who was playing with his friend.
"Mr. Brookes, switch partners with Miss Liam," she said.
My eyes widened in surprise.
Before I knew it, I saw Olive getting up and someone sitting beside me.
I slowly turned to make sure I wasn’t dreaming.
And behold, there he was. Damian Brookes.
MARY'S POV................
I was on my way to the manager's office to inform him about my decision to join the team when someone called me.
"Nurse Mary," the person called.
I turned. It was the manager.
I stopped and waited for him to walk towards me.
"Good morning sir," I said.
"Oh please, my name is Mike," he said with a smile.
"Alright sir," I said.
"Enough with the sir," he said with a smirk.
"Uhm... Sir Mike, I came to inform you that I would gladly join the team," I said.
"Oh really? Well then, won’t you come to my office? The CEO would like to meet you," he said.
"What? Me? I don't know him. Is there a problem?" I asked. I was hoping I didn’t cause any problems. My heart started beating fast.
"Don’t panic," he said. "The CEO just asked to see the last member of the team since he has reviewed and seen the other members."
"Oh, sure, okay," I said.
We started walking towards his office.
The hospital hallway was busy as usual. Nurses were running, patients were being wheeled.
But my mind was only on one thing. The CEO wants to meet me? Why?
On reaching there, he opened the door for me.
"Ladies first," he said.
A smile appeared on my face as I walked in, with him behind me.
On entering the office, a man sat on the chair behind the desk facing the window.
The room was big. Clean. There were files and a nameplate on the desk.
"Sir, she’s here," Mike said.
The chair started turning little by little.
Reality shocked me as I saw the face of the man. it was him
"Brookes" I called softly and speechless as I see the shock in his eyes.
my first love.........
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