FALLING FOR THE ENEMY

FALLOUT

The sun ray shining through the window caused me to stir in my sleep. The Air condition made the room way to chilly for me, finally causing me to open my eyes. I shielded my eyes from the ray and sat up slowly, observing my surroundings…

“A hotel?” I felt a sharp pain at the side of my head as I throw my hand to my fore head “oh jeezz, what on earth happened?”

I observed my surroundings more but there was no one, just me. I was just about to get down from the bed when I realized I was naked.

“Oh My God!” I almost yelled, grasping the sheets tight and wrapping it round my body…..why the hell am I naked?

“What the….why am I….what happened?” I whispered serval questions to myself as the memories from last night slowly flooded my mind

“The stranger” I whispered again, my heart beat picking up pace “Oh My God, I had s*x with a stranger” I felt my stomach turn in fear and absolute disgust.

While still trying to figure out what happened, my eyes landed on the clock in the hotel room.

“9:15…. somethings off….” That was when it hit me “My contract deal!” I screamed out.

“Oh no no, oh God no” I picked up my phone, but it was dead. I almost felt tears escaping my eyes as I flung myself off the bed, picking up everything and rushing to put them on.

I'm so dead.

“I'm begging you, just two minutes, let me just speak with him for two minutes” I was almost on my knees at the reception of My almost business partner's company….but, they weren't letting me in.

“He's not in, Miss Mark. He waited for you but you're 2hours later and Mr Donalds is not a patient man”

I was very agitated, very. I literally felt tears form in my eyes. It took me three months to get this opportunity with Mr Donalds and it was meant to be the biggest contract our company has ever gotten, if I lose it, I'm finished.

I refused to leave. I stayed seated in the reception for 3 more hours just to get to Mr Donalds. Getting him to invest in a company wasn't easy, but I finally get a chance to talk to sign a contract with him, and what do I do? I messed it up. It was going home to change that made even more late—how did I even get that drunk?

“Let's have a few more drinks, shall we?”

The memory flashed through my head.

“That moron…did he do that on purpose?”

While I was trying to understand what happened, Mr Donalds walked in with a few men behind him

“Mr Donalds” I stood to my feet, making my way towards him.

He looked at me like I fell from the sky.

“I…. I've been waiting….” He immediately cut me off

“Waiting? You were waiting? Miss Mark, please head back to your office, the deal is off” he started to walk away.

I immediately dropped everything in my hands, making my way to him

“Please, Mr Donalds, you can't do this. Something came up and I wasn't able to meet up, I'm extremely sorry” he continues to ignore, making his way towards the elevator

“This contract means a lot to my company, to my career…”

“Then you would have treated it as such” he said “have a lovely day, Miss Mark” he closed the elevator shut, leaving me in the hallway with his rejection echoing around me.

I felt my heart sink to the bottom of my stomach, goosebumps all over my skin, horror clear on my face—did I just lose the biggest contract of my life?

“No, this…. this has to be a dream” I whispered to myself, my stomach folding in fear

“Sweet Jesus, I'm in big trouble” my feet were glued to the floor of the hall…..I couldn't move. Fear, shame guilty, everything negative you can think of gripped me.

What should I do?

“Do you really think hiding out here would solve anything, Karissa?”

With the throbbing pain in my head, I still had my sister shouting and scolding like my current situation had any effect on her

“Can you stop, Melody?” I looked up at her from my couch where I was seated “stop yelling at me like my situation isn't already bad enough”

“I'm yelling because I remember calling you, Karissa. I remember calling and telling you to come home. Who the hell was the guy you followed?”

That's the thing, I couldn't remember. The only thing visible in my head were his sea blue eyes and his deep soothing voice. Everything else was foggy.

“You didn't get a name?” She asked “does he know he costed you your contract and probably your job?”

I look up at her “alright, that's enough” I stand to my feet “don't you talk about my job. You don't even have the right to scold me. Face your life and I'll face mine” with that, I head upstairs.

After all, it's my house, I can hide out as long as I want. I didn't even have a single boldness in me to walk into the office, that's a battle for tomorrow.