BullsEye

Chapter Five

Months later.

“Is she ready?” Mr. Jeffrey the Montez’s family lawyer inquired setting down his ridiculously large brown briefcase by the door as he stepped into the mansion and was immediately greeted with the strong smell of coffee, with his question directed at no one in particular.

“She should be, I’ll go get her” Aunt Audry answered setting down her tray of steamy hot sweetened coffee on the glass table in the dining area inviting Jeffrey over with a wave of her hand when he looked in her direction after hearing her voice.

She turned and headed upstairs to go fetch Brenda while Jeffrey helped himself to Mrs. Cruz’s homemade coffee and oatmeal cookies.

“Brie honey….. Jeff is here” Aunt Audry announced squeezing in through the partially opened door of Brenda’s room and frowned when she looked round and didn’t find her but saw Alexa cross-legged on Brenda’s bed, mouth full with popcorn and her eyes glued to the TV that hung on the wall just opposite the bed.

“Where’s Brie?” She inquired from Alexa who reluctantly glanced in her direction for a split second and pointed towards the closet before fixing her eyes back to the TV transporting popcorn from the bowl to her mouth.

“Brie honey……… oh my goodness, you’re not dressed yet!” Aunt Audry exclaimed as she spotted Brenda in her closet only clad in a white towel around her chest standing before a pile of clothes.

“I could not find what to wear” Brenda replied in a panicked tone.

“You probably own a hundred and eleven dresses, all you have to do is pick one out and wear!” Aunt Audry replied back rolling her eyes.

“That’s the thing, I don’t know what to wear, or which would be more appropriate, it’s going to be my first day as CEO, I want to make a good first impression so everything has to be perfect including my appearance” Brenda replied still throwing in a few more clothes to the existing pile on the ground.

“You are your father’s daughter, they’re gonna love you anyways” Aunt Audry responded with a soft smile rubbing Brenda’s cheek.

“Well, hurry up and make your choice, I should be able to distract Jeff for a few minutes” Aunt Audry added before running off not giving Brenda a chance to utter another word.

Brenda glared at the pile of clothes and the rest that were still hung in the closet and slumped her shoulders in frustration. She headed out to fetch her self- endorsed “fashion specialist” sister who paid her no attention as she stepped out of the closet till she picked up the jumbo sized tissue paper she had left on her vanity table and tossed it in her direction with so much force that it hit her large bowl and sent popcorn flying in different directions on the bed and on the ground by the bedside.

“Hey! What was that for?!” Alexa questioned frowning at her sister, eyes finally off the TV.

“Since you’re not coming with me on this important day of my life, well at-least help me get ready! I can't seem to find the perfect outfit, I need your help please” Brenda replied quite impressed and grinning inwardly at her perfect shot.

Alexa grumbled and hesitantly kicked off the covers glancing down at her now empty bowl of popcorn before following her sister back into the closet.

“Okay girl, tell me exactly how you wanna appear, sexy? Do you wanna look classic? Do you wanna appear up tight like most business women? Or maybe…….” Alexa went on and on

“I just wanna look okay for my first day at work” Brenda simply replied cutting her off.

“Well then, move aside and let me handle this” Alexa responded with her head slightly raised and her two hands spread out in the air.

She dug into the pile of clothes and came up with a high waist pink skinny jean, a long sleeved button down pink and black stripped shirt and an even hotter pink jacket with shiny black heel boots.

“Uhhhh excuse me ma’am, I’m not wearing those am i?” Brenda inquired glaring and pointing at the clothes Alexa picked.

“What’s wrong with these? I think it’s just perfect and better still it’s all pink and pink sister dear, is the color of hope. What better way to appear at your first day of work than looking so...... hopeful” Alexa stated looking at her selections with proud eyes.

“There’s absolutely no way I’m appearing at the office on my first day dressed like some serial killer Barbie” Brenda concluded snatching the clothes and tossing them behind her earning a heartbroken look from her sister.

”C’mon let’s keep searching, Auntie will be here any moment from now” Brenda persuaded grinning at her frowning sister who eventually unfolded her arms and kept on searching till they finally picked out something they both agreed on.

“Brenda Marie Montez, I do hope you’re fully dressed else I’m tossing you in the back seat regardless of…………” Aunt Audry said sternly as she stepped into the room but she paused as her Jaw dropped taking in Brenda’s appearance.

Brenda looked extremely Elegant dressed in a royal blue tuxedo with it's matching fitted pants and a plain white shirt with its first two buttons left undone paired with a 6inch black peep toe strap heels.

Her hair was knotted into a firm ponytail with two loose strands of hair in front on either sides of her lightly made up face.

“Now who’s the latest CEO in town?” Mrs. Cruz cheered with excitement evident in her voice as she walked in to the room.

“My Sister!” Alexa chipped in holding the large sized make up brush to her mouth like she was holding a microphone.

Brenda grinned widely and the four of them jumped and screamed like school girls who are just seeing themselves after an extremely long vacation.

“Yes girl, go out there and rule!" Aunt Audry said pressing a kiss on Brenda’s forehead trying to balance herself on her tiptoes as Brenda now towered above them in her high heeled shoe.

"Oops.... I'm almost late, I have to get going now!" Brenda announced glancing at her Silver chain wristwatch laced with shiny white pearls.

“You’re aware you owe me a bowl of freshly popped corn right?” Alexa quickly said as Brenda was about to rush out of the room to meet Jeff.

Brenda shot her a ‘you’ve-got-to-be-kidding-me’ look and just nodded when her eyes fell on the scattered popcorn all over the bed.

“Oh and please clean up that mess and the mess in the closet” Brenda added sending her a puppy dog look.

“Hey, I’m your sister, not your maid” Alexa replied setting down the brush in her hand on the vanity table.

“I love you I love you I love you” Brenda repeated as she dashed out of the room after snatching her cellphone from the bed side table.

Alexa rolled her eyes and got busy picking up popcorn that was all over the place.

“Morning Mr. Smith” Brenda greeted Jeff as she reached the sitting room and found him sitting at the table watching the morning news.

“Morning Miss, I see why you took so much time, you look wonderful” Jeff commented smiling at Brenda.

“Thank you Mr. Smith I’m all set now we can get going” Brenda replied returning the smile as Jeff rose up to his feet smartly dressed in a grey suit with his black bow tie firmly knotted to the collar of his Shirt.

“Wait up, I packed you lunch” Mrs. Cruz announced hurrying towards them holding up two brown paper bags in her hands.

Brenda smiled gratefully and collected the fully packed bags from Mrs. Cruz and waved goodbye as she followed behind Jeff who stopped by the door to pick up his briefcase.

They walked out of the house already being awaited by Jeff’s driver standing by the door of the white Mercedes Sedan holding the door open for them.

“Byeeeeeee” Alexa screamed from Brenda’s window at the top of her voice waving seriously and smiled when Jeff and Brie returned her wave before slipping into the car and the driver got in and hit the road.

The journey wasn’t so long with Jeff and Brenda chatting in the back seat of the car and in no time they arrived.

All staffs and co-associates of MontCorp awaited the arrival of their new CEO all elegantly dressed standing outside the large well established eight story building.

“Good Morning Miss Montez” they all chorused in unison as though formerly rehearsed when Brenda stepped out of the car while Jeff’s driver held open the door for her.

“Hi I’m Brenda Marie Montez and I do hope we all can work together to carry on my parent’s legacy for this Corporation” Brenda replied smiling at the staffs in an even business like tone, lights flashing in her direction as the Paps tried to take photos of the new young CEO.

The security guards rushed towards her shielding her from the media unit and guided her into the building with Jeff and the rest of the staffs following closely behind.

The staffs on Brenda’s team which consisted of the firm's board members all stayed behind to introduce themselves while the rest dispersed in different directions of the building returning back to their various duties.

“This is Valerie, she’ll be your personal assistant” Jeff introduced his niece walking towards them with several files in her hand dressed smartly in a sky blue tucked in long sleeved chiffon top with a high waist knee length black fitted pencil skirt, and her dark hair firmly held up in a tight bun.

“Hi ma’am, I am Valerie smith and I’ll be your personal assistant” Valerie introduced herself after Jeff had left both girls alone slightly bowing.

“Please just call me Brenda, and you really don’t have to do the Bowing thing” Brenda replied laughing softly putting a hand on Valerie’s shoulder.

“Let me show you to your office, I’m looking forward to working with you” Valerie replied smiling back and interlocking her hand in Brenda’s.

“This could actually turn out well” Brenda thought to herself looking at the friendly Valerie smiling and waving at her colleagues as they made their way to the elevator to get to her designated office.

They approached the office, and BRENDA MARIE MONTEZ was boldly written on the large mahogany door that previously held XAVIER AMBROSE MONTEZ.

They stepped into the already dusted office that previously belonged to her father, it held a large desk at the center with neatly arranged files placed on it, it also had two mini shelves on the two far ends of the office holding several varieties of books, a portrait of her dad hung on the wall behind her desk and a floor length glass window that portrayed a vast part of Greeze land.

“That’s my desk over there, you could always ring me up if you need anything” Valerie explained pointing out through the door.

We should move out now, I will personally take you on a tour round the building and if you need anything changed in your office consider it done. I have arranged a meeting with Ross Mr. Xavier's partner, he’ll be here by 2pm sharp to begin your training to fully equip you for this” Valerie added looking into her tablet and pointing at various things walking sharply towards the elevator with Brenda trying to keep up with her pace to begin their tour.

They walked tirelessly round the whole building with Valerie explaining a lot of things; Brenda wondered how so much information fit into her small head.

After what seemed like an endless tour, Brenda was finally back to her office, seated behind her desk going through the files Valerie left her on her table till she decided she was hungry and searched her handbag for the lunch Mrs. Cruz had packed for her.

She smiled with gratitude when she peered into the brown paper bag and found homemade wholegrain blueberry muffins with oversized glazed doughnuts and canned fruit drink.

She had just taken a bite of her doughnut when she heard a knock on her door.

“Come in” Brenda managed to mumble out through her full mouth.

The door swung open immediately and a tall, well-built man who appeared to be in his late forties appeared in her office dressed in pants and a buttoned down shirt.

“Hi, I’m Ross, I’ll be training you on a few things you need to know” Ross calmly introduced himself slowly scanning the wide-eyed Brenda who was glancing at the wall clock and back at her half eaten doughnut, her face turning to a sad frown as she attempted to put her lunch away.

“You could actually finish your lunch you know, I’ll be back in about ten to fifteen minutes, take your time” Ross informed her with an amused expression understanding the reason behind her frown before walking out of the office.

Brenda nodded with gratitude fully evident on her face and relaxed back in her chair and camly finished every bit of her lunch just in time before Ross returned back to her office.

She participated in her training with keen interest as she only had one wish in her heart, to carry on her parents legacy.