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“You disappoint Me,”   Luis mumbled and threw the alarm clock a daggering look.

Luis woke up late. He took a bath while brushing his teeth at the same time to save time,  he put on his clothes and just took his fresh socks and his shoes and went towards the garage, to his surprise that made him a lot pissed; he found out that his car was not in the garage. 

“What a lucky day!”   he said.

He went to the kitchen to ask his helper,  

“Where is the car?”  he shouted.  “Call the police right now, please.”

“Your brother borrowed it, I tried to stop him but he said he had already asked your permission,”   the helper said.

“Damn!”   he mumbled.   “Thank you, don’t let him enter the house again, okay?” "I would message him that he could not get in the house without my permission!"

The helper just nodded and called Luis a taxi. The taxi arrived at the office late thus making him late for work; he rushed to get in the elevator so he could reach his cubicle as fast as possible and tried to make sure he would not be caught by the boss on his way,

Luis decided to take the elevator so he could reach the fifth floor faster. The elevator door opened for him. He looked around him to see if his boss was around as he entered the elevator. Luckily, Ms. Enrique was not there.

“Mr. Rio, Good morning,”   a male voice greeted me. The H.R. manager.

"Harold, Good morning,“   he replied, tapping his forefinger against his hips while both his hands were inside his pockets.

“How do you feel now, Lui?”   Harold asked, “Your boss told me you collapsed last day, that was on Friday, I think.”

“Yeah, I did sir. It was just due to the headache probably, it was intense pain,”  he replied as if he could still feel the pain.

“Could be normal especially if you were stressed out with your boss, err... I mean your boss said,”   Harold said, grinning jokingly

“I am OK sir,”   Luis chuckled.

“Before I forget, please see me at my office after lunch,”   Harold said, smiling before alighting the elevator.

The elevator stopped and the doors opened, to his surprise,

“Huh?! s**t!”   He mumbles. 

“How are you, Mr. Rio?”   a tender-sounding voice said. It was Ms. Enrique.

“Good morning, boss,”   Luis answered, waiting for any further comment from Ms Enrique on why he’s late.

“Be careful, do not run. Nobody is after you,”   she said with a serious face.

As Luis heard what was said, the first thing that entered his mind was to laugh but upon seeing Ms. Enrique’s poker face, he squelched a grin then thought twice if it was supposed to be a joke or not. Total silence took place, nobody even tried to say anything. 

“Don’t expect Ms. Enrique to say something,” he told himself. 

When they reached the fifth floor, Luis stepped out of the elevator first leaving his boss behind. As soon as the elevator closed its doors, she just gave a sigh and a sweet smile spread across her face and looked at her wrist watch. 

Luis just went towards his cubicle and met those piled up papers waiting for him with open arms.

After Lunch…

Luis looked at his wristwatch, checked if it was already 1:00 pm and then headed to Harold’s office as instructed. He knocked on the door; he twisted the knob as he found it open. He decided to enter the room and found Harold making himself a cup of coffee.

“Hey, want some coffee? Help yourself,”   Harold said, smiling.

“No thanks, Sir,”   he replied.  “So, what was the matter we were talking about?”

“I assume you know that the present CFO will be retiring right?”  asked Harold.

“I did hear of the news, but I was not sure if it was for real, Mr. Diaz is a very excellent leader”   he replied.

“Well, Promotion is on the air, Ms. Enrique suggested you as one of the candidates to be considered”

“Oh,?"   surprised, Luis said, summoning a calm smile

“Selection and interview will commence on the first day next week, see you there,”   Harold said as he stretched his hand to Luis. “Good luck.”

“Thank you, sir,”   Luis replied smiling as he bent forward and shook hands with Harold.

He stood up and went straight out of the office.  He thought about /ms. Enrique and changed some impressions he had towards her. Aside from appreciating Beatriz for her unexpected kindness, he was also wondering why he was recommended for the position, he had always been working for the CEO and was not after any higher position in the company. After that meeting with Harold, Beatriz Enrique had been inside his mind the entire day and even before he slept.

“She was not that evil wearing Prada at all, I’m glad she also had a kind heart, someone who values other people’s effort...”   he mumbles and with a sleepy smile on his lips.   “How could I send her my appreciation?”

He then fell asleep thinking about her.

Luis woke up in the middle of the night as summoned by his bladder, after having done so, he went straight to the kitchen to get water to drink. He took a glass then he grabbed the fridge door to get a cold water, he was half asleep while doing so, when he finally had the fridge open and grabbed the pitcher, he felt an electrocuting sensation that woke him up.

As much as he wanted to let go of the pitcher, he could not do it , he could not move, then the pitcher emitted a bright light he saw a very bright blue light that made the pitcher totally unseen though he was still holding it, then he heard a voice telling him to drink it. He tried to talk to the voice and ask who it was, then everything went black. 

"Luis! Luis! wake up!, what are you doing lying down in the kitchen hugging the pitcher while sleeping?" his helper asked.