Everyone Has Secrets

The Work Trip part 2

Victoria point of view

I feel like I got hit by a truck, it backed up and ran over me again. I sit up. I looked around the room. Where am I and how did I get here? “ I swear I just wanting to eat breakfast chill”  

I reach for my head and I noticed there's a tube in my arm. *” Bruh what is this? Where am I? What is this?” Then I notice a doctor at the door.

“Hi Ms. Johnson.”

“Hi doctor, I’m sorry to be a bother but I seem to remember how I ended up in your office” I pat my head “ was I in a car crash of some kind?” 

The doctor smiled “Oh no. I'm Dr. Matthew .. Dr. Tracy Matthew. My understand that you fainted after this morning from last night attack. Are you in a pack? Maybe mated to the Wolf that brought you here?”

(Profession voice, profession voice, profession voice, b***h we do not know these people profession voice) “excuse me” I blink my eyes “I’m not understanding. What vampire attack?” (I will fake ignorance until I can’t)  “I think there is some information that I am lacking about this situation to full understand the situation I am in. By the way what is the time”

The doctor looks at this watch “8:30 am”

“I need to know if I have a change clothes and my laptop with me” I say in a stoic almost detach tone. (this presentation is happening and I need to get the f**k out this company sooner than later)

“yes.. Ms. Johnson”

“can you please take his IV out of my arm? And can I change my clothes?” I raise my arm. The doctor took it out of my arm. And left the room for me to change my clothes. “See I thought this was one backwards. Cultist. Christian. group but, nope wolves. I just want to go home”

With this level of pain, I guess this was not a dream and I don't want to know the situation. I just want to do my job get paid and go home. I will cut everyone out of my life from this company. I know Andrew cool and all but I think I should draw the line at wolves vs. vampires’ bullshit.  I feel like I’m in some kind of horror movie and you know what happen in those? The black person goes first and I don’t want to be that token. I finish my makeup and look at the door as Andrew come into the room.

“Before you say anything” I lift my finger in the air. Just answer my questions. Andrew look at me in with a shock look on his face and nodded. “Was last night a dream?”

“No, it was not” he answered in a flat tone.

I took a deep breath. You know in all of the stories about this s**t happen it ususlly teenagers or young adults. Not full-grown people. Not people you got their s**t together where they can retire at 32. I’m going think it no black people.

“I am going to die or get killed?” I said in a detach, cold and very distant tone.

“what.. no.. Why would you think something like that” It said has he got closer to me patting my back.

“Andy I’m human (I said in a whimper). do you know how much I get paid to do my job” (back to the cold tone)

“what does that have anything to do with..”

“I get paid a bit less than you (belief me I know how much you get paid) but I only get paid that because I’m nice. I’m good at my job.” I go to get my laptop out of my bag and turn it on look at the project that going to be presented today. “I clean up messes in the office. I don’t ask question that I don’t need to know the answer to.” “ I wish you would have gave me an out in all of this, Say I was dreaming, lie to everyone about my role in what happen, let me think it was just some last minute quitting, bull s**t of my mind that I can work out in therapy later.”

“Your quitting” he said in a shocking voice.

“that’s not the point” I said in a loud tone. “When is the presentation?”

“I talked to the alpha about what happen last night and moved the presentation to noon in case I had to do it myself”

“Andrew, you suck at presentation. If you can feed me let’s, get this done, so I can go home and forget about… (waving my hands round me) all of this”

“We still have to stay the week to make sure the design is what they want” He said looking down at me.

“I can tell if you are looking at me or your feet. Fine I’m going to get this done, keep my mouth shut about this wolf bull s**t and go the f**k home.”

“Vicki...”

“o no don’t Vicki me. You got me caught up and now I have to put on that fake smile and hope I don’t get killed. I don’t care what you just said”.

The doctor come into the room “Ms. Johnson?”

(panda smile) “Yes Dr. Matthew”

“You are free to go. However, because of the attack last night and patrol that is happening now. I was notified that you and Mr. Baker need to stay within the pack house grounds. We will move your luggage to your new accommodations. One of the other pack members will be here shortly to escort you”

“Ok thank you great” I look at him as he leaves the room. Almost in a panic I turn to look at Andrew.

“ are you sure they are not going to kill me. Like I can hold you to that right?” (I’m curse you and haunt you)

“Promise, Promise Vicki… nothing going to happen”

“Okay……What happened now? If you're not going to kill me what's happened now?”

“Don't worry, Vicki. As long as you can keep doing your job and handing the things the way you have been handing it everything will be fine” He pats my back. “I have a question”

“How come you using my line?”

“I think this question make be rude” he said look over my head.

“Ok what is it?”

“shouldn’t you be crying?”

“I should be considered a rude question. Well, one I’m wearing make-up, two I have to present a project worth a lot of money and earning me a big bonus, and lastly, it’s not the time to break down. When I get the time to break down, I will break down but that’s only when my LIFE and MONEY is not on the line. Any more question?”

“Nope, none. Let’s go get you something to eat and get ready for the presentation” I said looking at the project I pulled up on the laptop.

“Ok let’s go” (I don’t think I can stomach pancake right now but I want to stomach pancake right now)

Andrew point of view

I really do like that Vicki was able to put the presentation together and still knowing what we are handle and put the presentation together. I think I need to take her out shopping to try to make up to everything that has happen to her so far. Seeing that we are going to be spending the rest of the week together.

“Vicki good job with the meeting. Do you want to look around the pack house and make the changes they are asking for?” look down at her trying to read her face.

“Andy I really don’t want to right now. Let’s get it over with” She shake her head and stand up straight and walk out of the door.

We get the work done fairly quickly like we always do. Really working with her is better than anyone else she doesn’t stair at me all of the time. But the only problem with being with another person from work I can’t see anyone here for a little fun.  I see her look at a clothing store.

“do you want anything in there my treat”

“say less,” she said as she walk into the shoe into the shoe section.

As she picking out the clothes and shoes his interested in. I young guy caught my eye and I start checking him out. If I wasn’t with Vicki I’ll.

“Bruh … just don’t bring him to the house I won’t say anything” she says

“wait… what” I’m shock she know!! When, how?

“Just don’t bring him to the house go have fun. Not your usual type but hey YOLO right?” she said nonchalantly still looking at her the clothes she wants me to buy.

“you know” I said shockingly looking at her

“Boy, who do you think clean up after your mess when you out here breaking heart and s**t. If things are bad for you and It becomes bad for me.  I think this is everything I want” she hands with a bunch of shoes and clothes from the store.

“How long have you known”

“your remember Richard. When I first started to work here”

“yea”

“I was telling him to deal with you and not his feeling hurt when you got bored. He has a good boyfriend now. They are getting married……”

I’m shock she always knew and she didn’t care. Human tend to care and then try to blackmail us around this kind of thing.

“you don’t care”

“why would I care” she say pushing the clothes into my hand.

“because I’m guy most girls would go after.”

“Do you have s*x with girls?”

“no”

“So, why does it matter to me. We paying for the same team.  Kind of”

“kind of?”

“well I can’t top unless I have an open minded guy”

“haha” I take the clothes and pay for them. “ I don’t think I want you to quit”

“no.. don’t say that.. let me go. We can still hang out after this, but I do not want to be involved in this type of thing more than I am” She look up at me.

“Sorry Vicki but you may not get a say so”

“f**k. I just wanted a nice business trip with vacation perks.”