A MAZE

HER TEARS

That sense of impeding doom has never left me alone…..

Seeing her on the sofa weeping her tears while staring at the 10-year-old photo of our parents makes me feel an excruciating pain. An accident that has changed the fates. Being unable to wipe off all her memory of the incident that happened then, was the only thing I regretted in silence throughout my life. The silence that never let me had peace in the serene of the starry nights. This silence had made me reach the peak of vulnerability. Making me become more ruthless and emotionless.

Seeing Lourie was the only thing that smashed me back to my senses, back to reality, but also alarmed me about my foremost concerns: her safety and never letting that disaster repeat. Me and my sister, Lourie Flizawold, were a pearl of the string of unfortunate events. That very event took all the happiness of this mansion where once a spring of happiness resided. A tear rolled down my cheeks wondering will we ever be able to escape from this maze….?

And that might be the very reason why I never dared to open my heart again to anyone else. Being a heir of a family and only family of Lourie had pushed me to the extent of even forgetting to breathe.

the next day in CEO's office

As usual, I’m standing next to the cold beast devoid of all emotions and have never seen him showing a tint of humanity. All he is ever concerned about is profits and about how early he can leave his desk. Being silent as death and sarcastic at the same time adds to his charm.

Suddenly, a call of my name startled me to my spine. A sarcastic commentary following non-stop complaints from other departments regarding mine was good enough to make me lose my mind. I yelled back at the man saying “how the hell was one supposed to complete a 2-week project within one?”

I'm Amy, assistant department head of packaging and departure of goods. In other terms, you could say we were the department which was set up to serve all other departments and take blame of the other departments on behalf of them. I was dragged out of the room as if I was some perpetrator who was dragged to jail.

Later that morning, I was afraid that I would soon be hearing of my resignation. It was my first day entering the CEO's office, but I had already messed up everything. The department heads were asked to report today morning in urgency. Our department head is on a week's vacation, so I was asked to fill his space in the meeting.