Chapter One

1944 Words
I slapped his hands away from my thighs and slapped him really hard on the face. "If you think I'm going to sit here and allow you to touch me just so I wouldn't lose my job, then man you're very wrong. I won't b one of your victim" I yelled at the top of my voice, fuming in anger as I stormed out of my boss's office and felt him follow behind me. I walked towards my desk and brought out a box from under the desk to pack my things in. Everyone sprang to their feet, a look of surprise on their face as they watched the scene unfold. "YOU!" My boss yelled after me. "You are going to regret this, I am going to make sure you never find a job anywhere else. I swear it Ms Jones" "Go ahead and do whatever the hell you want, you perverted motherfucker!" I retorted and started to pack everything on my desk into the box as I fumed in anger. "If there's anyone in this office who's being abused by that piece of s**t over there." I continued to yell as I pointed towards my boss, my ex boss. "If he's threatening to fire you for not giving in to his perverted demands then report his ass. He don't gotta do that to you, to manipulate you". "Irene, you need to calm down" James, my closest friend at work held my hand and tried to calm me down" "No!" I yanked my hands away from him and yelled. "I am not fvckin' going to calm down, not when this animal right here tried to abuse me. If you think I'm one of those females that can't stand up for myself then you're wrong because I am not going to allow myself be treated like shit.. So you can go to hell with that thought" I was done arranging my things in the box so I carried it off the desk and stormed out of the cubicle as I made my way towards the door with everyone's eyes on me. Halfway to the door, I dropped the box on the ground and then turned around to face my ex boss and I removed my office card from around my neck and threw it at his face. "I QUIT. You can keep your job". I turned around to leave when I remembered one last thing so I turned around to face him. “Oh, one last thing” I flipped him both of my middle finger. "f**k YOU DAVID HAMILTON" I said and heard everyone one gasp in surprise as they looked at my ex boss. Damn! It felt so fuckin’ good to curse at the asshole. I smirked proudly and picked up the box from the ground then pushed the door open before walking out of the office. I had always hated my boss, David Hamilton. He always made us work overtime, never pays us for it and also never gives us the credit we deserve. To top it up, he’s also a p*****t. I see the dirty look he gives me and some ladies at work whenever we walk by. "What are you looking at? Get back to work. NOW." I heard my ex boss yell from outside. I walked majestically along the passage way towards the elevator as I felt everyone’s eyes on me. I got into the elevator and watched the door shut slowly. The moment it did, realization dawned on me that I had just lost my job, my only source of income. “Oh my God! What in the world did I just do?” I cried out as the box dropped to the ground. I arrived at the last floor of the company and pushed the door open then made my way to one corner. I dropped my head in my hand and pulled on it in frustration. I pulled my phone out of my bag and called my best friend. “Connie, can you please come pick me up....I’m at the office...No..No..I’m fine..I’ll explain when you get here, just..please just come pick me up...Yes.. I’m outside..Alright..Thanks..I love you.” I said before hanging up and dropped my head in my hands as I cried. Some minutes later, Connie’s SUV appeared in front of the office and she pressed the car horn to grab my attention. I raised my head up and got up from the ground then walked towards the car. She got down from the car with a worrier expression plastered on her face as she ran towards me, meeting me half way as she wrapped her arms around me. I cried into her neck and she rubbed her hands up and down my back soothingly as she whispered calmly in my ear. “What’s wrong love? She pulled away and asked. I wiped my tears and attempted to answer but bursted out in tears again. Connie saw my box in the corner and went ahead to carry it from the ground then placed it in the back seat of her car before coming back to me. “Irene, I’m gonna need you to calm down and explain why you are crying to me or else I won’t be able to help you.” She said as she wiped the tears away from my face and walked us to the car. “What happened?” I sniffled and wiped the rest of my tears before poring out, “I quit my job” “What! Why?” She exclaimed. “I didn’t mean to...My boss called me to his office to explain something to him and then he started saying things about him increasing my pay and promising all sorts rubbish and said I should keep it a secret, and then place his filthy hands on my thighs and began to slid them up my skirt.....” I befan to rant but was cut short by Connie’s exclaim. “What! He harassed you.” “Yes..And.. And I just couldn’t take it anymore so I slapped him real hard on the face and yelled and cursed at him, called him out and also humiliating him in front of everyone in the office. And then I threw my office card at him and quitted my job before flipping him the middle finger and told him to go fuxk himself” I breathed heavily as I finished ranting. “And now I’m left without a job? What am I gonna do?” I nurtured. “Wow! That’s quite the story, but Irene you did the right thing by putting him in his place. He crossed a line by touching you. He had no right to do that.” Connie said. “I know but I probably shouldn’t have done that, I should’ve bend my anger in instead, maybe I would still have a job. I don’t know how I am going to survive without a job. There’re some many bills to pay at home Connie.” I started to cry again. “Okay, first let’s get you out of here.” Connie said as she wrapped her arms around me then walked me to the other side of the car and I slipped in before crossing the seat belt over my body. She walked back to the driver seat and slipped in, crossed the seatbelt over her body before driving us to an ice cream shop to get some ice cream and also talk better. We bought different ice cream and went to the chair outside to sit. “What am I going to do now Connie?” I said as I put a spoonful of ice cream in my mouth. “First of all we’re going to sure your perverted boss.” She started to say. “No..no...no Constanza we are not suing him” I protested quickly. “Yes Irene, were going to sue his motherfvckin’ ass for harassment. That’s the right thing to do and you know that” “I know...I know it’s the right thing to do but I don’t have the energy for all that court s**t. Please, let’s just drop it” I pleaded. She narrowed her eyes at me before finally giving up, “Fine. We’re not suing him.” “I just need to find a new job immediately, I can’t stay jobless when there’re so many bills to settle.” I thrusted my hand into my hair. “Relax Irene. I’ll talk to my husband about it, I’m sure he would be able to help.” She answered. “Oh my gosh Connie, you would do that for me. Thank you so much” I cried and stretched my hands and wrapped them around her hand on the table “Of course I would. I could also give you some money to sort out your bills...” she said. I removed my hands from hers and shook my head, “You know I don’t like you giving me money” “Yes I know” she replied. “You think I give you out of pity but Irene it’s not. I wonder how you came up with that absurd idea” she rolled her eyes at me. “I just don’t want to feel indebted to you or anything” “Indebted my ass.. I am your best friend and I’m supposed to help you and you help me. We’re supposed to help each other no matter what it is.” “You being here is enough for me Connie.” I smiled at her. “Just promise me you would come to me if things gets too hard” she said and I nodded. “I promise” She smiled at me and took a spoon full of her ice cream. “I bet boss must’ve been so surprised when you called him out in front of everyone.” “Ex boss” I corrected. “And hell yes he was. He couldn’t believe it when I slapped him” I told her and the both of us bursted out laughing. “His expression was priceless. And then when I flipped him the middle finger and told him to go fuxk himself, damn it felt so freaking good. Yelling at him felt so fvckin’ good. I’ve always wanted to do that” “Do you know what else I did” I ask her. “What?” She replied with anticipation. “I called him by his freakin’ name” I answered and the both of us bursted out in hysterical laughter. “I went like, Fvck You David Hamilton”” I mimicked my action and we laughed again. Talking to Constanza always made me feel better, whenever I’m sad, happy or angry, she would always be there for me no matter the time. She has always been there. Connie and I have been best friends since we were sixteen, and she she there for me throughout everything, throughout my worst times. She was able to convince her parents to let her come along with us to England when we were leaving the United States just so she would not to be far away from me. She is more than my best friend, she’s my souls sister and we tell each other everything and anything. “Let’s go. I’ll drive you home” she said and I nodded. We ate our ice cream finish and entered inside the car then Connie drove to my house. Music blared loudly from her car speaker as she drove to my house and we sang loudly and laughed like teenagers.
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