Suspects: murder case

Chapter 43

Chapter 43

‘’Sorry for yourself,’’ I click my tongue. ‘’The next time this repeats itself, I will not think twice about firing you,’’ I say before walking into the office. I sit at my desk and turn on my computer, I am checking my emails when a knock sounds at the door.

‘’Come in.’’

Daniel enters and stands in front of me, ‘’Mr. Msizi has called for a staff meeting in the conference hall in five minutes.’’

‘’What’s the agenda?’’

‘’I don’t know.’’

‘’Okay.’’

I do a retouch of my makeup before heading back to the conference hall.

‘’I will not take much of your time colleagues, I would like to announce that I am stepping down as Editor in Chief for the magazine, in line with the same I am also pleased to announce that my daughter Kenzie will be taking over from me.’’

Everyone cheers for Kenzie while I try as much as possible to be calm because I don’t people to know how pissed off I am with the situation.

6 P.M., Pulling up in front of Jada’s house, I come to a stop and put the car in park, I get out of the car and walk to the front door of the house, I knock twice at the door and wait a few seconds before Jada opens the door, she is carrying baby Else in her arms.

‘’Hey, you,’’ I exclaim.

‘’Hey, please come in,’’ she opens the door wider and lets me in, leading me into her living room.

‘’How are you? Please feel at home.’’

‘’I am fine thanks, can I hold the baby?’’’

‘’Of course,’’ she says, handing Else to me.

‘’Food will be ready in a few minutes, can I get you something to drink?’’

‘’What’s on the menu?’’

‘’I am fully stocked,’’ she laughs.

‘’I don’t mind a glass of red wine, I have had such a busy day, I need to unwind.’’

‘’Red wine it is,’’ she says before she disappears into the kitchen and emerges a few minutes later with a bottle of red wine and a glass, she pours the wine for me and places the glass on the table in front of me.

‘’Thank you girl.’’

‘’You are welcome, how have you been?’’

‘’Well, life has been life can’t complain, how is your husband and how is motherhood treating you?’’

‘’My husband is fine, he is working late tonight and motherhood is perfect, I love spending time with my baby, I don’t know what will happen when I resume work, I am not ready to start leaving her yet and you know my job is involving.’’

‘’Being a doctor is quiet involving, I don’t envy you at all.’’

‘’Oh please, how is work? How are things between you and Calvin?’’

‘’Work?’’ I roll my eyes. ‘’I am actually looking for another job, Calvin and I are done.’’

‘’Girl!’’ she exclaims, ‘’what did you do to Calvin and why are you looking for another job?’’

‘’Calvin became too serious for my liking, he was talking about introducing me to his sister and being in a committed relationship, can you imagine the fool went to talk to my mother about us, I was pissed I showed him the exit door.’’ chat MartinMartino on zero eight one eighty thirty fourteen twenty one to be added to his w******p group of stories

She laughs, ‘’you will never change and here I was thinking you had finally found the one.’’

‘’Is there such a thing as "the one?"Fairy tales are for movies and books, wake up.’’

‘’You should be the one to wake up, some of us are living the life that only people read about in books.’’

‘’Congratulations unfortunately not everyone is as lucky as you are.’’

‘’You need to give yourself a chance, allow someone to love you and--.’’

‘’How is Jaden?’’ I ask, trying to change the subject.

She laughs, ‘’Jaden is fine, tell me about work, what’s been happening? Why do you want to quit?’’

Before I respond, her maid walks up to us and says, ‘’food is ready.’’

‘’Thank you Tina, please get Else while we eat, I just finished feeding her, try and put her to bed.’’

‘’Okay.’’

‘’Girl, let’s go and eat, I am starving,’’ she says.

I give the baby to Tina and we walk to the dining room, we sit down, dish up the food and start eating.

‘’So tell me about work.’’

‘’Mr. Msizi is stepping down and guess who he asked to take over from him?’’

‘’Who?’’

‘’Kenzie.’’

‘’Your step sister? You lie.’’

‘’I am still in shock.’’

‘’That’s the worst form of betrayal, why would he do that to you? You deserve to be promoted.’’

‘’Exactly what I said but no the old man wouldn’t have it, he would rather his favorite daughter takes over from him.’’

‘’That’s really bad, I feel for you.’’

‘’I want to quit but I don’t want to just be home, I need a new job.’’

‘’Well there is an opening at dad’s company, it hasn’t been advertised because they are thinking of recruiting internally.’’

‘’What position?’’

‘’Marketing Director, the one holding that position is retiring next month.’’

‘’You should set up an interview for me with daddy P, it would be an honor for me to work for him.’’

She clears her throat, ‘’there is a problem though.’’

‘’Why?’’

‘’They want someone mature and married- you know dad runs his company based on the principles of family and integrity. Daddy P is a family man, he is very particular with the people he hires, he loves to work with people of the same mindset.’’

‘’What is that supposed to mean?’’

‘’I don’t think he can hire you, you are good at what you do Stella but the kind of lifestyle you are leading isn’t what he would consider acceptable. And you know the opinions that people have about you on social media.’’

I made headlines on social media a few months ago after I had an argument with a prominent businessman, people called me rude and ruthless- for some time my business was all over social media including my personal life.

‘’That issue already passed, I am sure people have forgotten and I will change.’’

‘’I don’t know if you can fit in though, Sondashi Inc is family oriented, they work as a team, they believe and celebrate each other, for my father that place is more than business, it’s family- this is why my brother and his wife work there, mummy too.’’

‘’I can change, set up an interview for me.’’

‘’You are not married.’’

‘’Come on Jada, do this for me, please.’’

‘’Fine, I will set up an interview for you but good luck convincing my dad you are not what he thinks you are. And one thing you should about daddy P is that he investigates, if you lie to him, he will find out.’’

‘’Set up the interview and leave the rest to me.’’

‘’Okay.’’