THE CONTRACTED MARRIAGE

CHAPTER FOUR:The Wait

As I stepped in, I noticed how big his office was, “is every office in this company as huge as this” I wondered to myself, “good morning sir”, I greeted in the low but respectful tone. ‘Good morning’ he

replied, “uhm, sir I’m here for the interview, for the P.A position”, I said with my voice trembling, ‘ok,

come and have a sit, so I can take a look at your resume’, he replied pointing to the chair in front of his desk.

I slowly walked up and took a seat,’ let’s begin’ he said, ‘what’s your name? ’, he added, “Nichole,

sir”, I replied, ‘Age?’ he asked again, “I’m 23, sir”, I responded almost immediately.

‘Can I have a look at your resume?’ he asked, stretching his hand forward, “yeah, sure”, I replied,

handing it over to him. ‘It says here that you worked in a restaurant out of town?’, he asked, looking up

at me , “uhm ye-yes” I replied a little nervous, ‘ why do you think you are qualified for this job?’, he

asked, at this point, I could feel the nervousness growing up inside of me, “” ok that’s why you should hire me, because, I’ve worked with, and served people, which means that I’m a people person, and I

have learned self-control”, I replied, ‘ so….( Nichole cuts in) “ And oh I make the best coffee” I added I an

attempt to lighten up his mood, ‘ ( smiling), yes, your right self-control will be needed for this job, that’s

all for now, we’ll call you in two weeks’ time, to inform you if you’ve gotten the job or not’, he said ‘

thank you for your time and cooperation’ he added, whoa glad that’s over, “ thank you also for your time ” I said while standing up.

TWO WEEKS , that’s a long time to wait for a response, I might have well give up, and start looking for another job, I thought to myself as I walked out of his office.

Once I was out, I heaved a huge sigh of relief. “That went well, I think” I said to myself while

heading to the elevator.

So deep in thoughts I did not notice that I had pressed the 6th floor button on the elevator, once

the elevator’s door were opened, I walked out and headed for what seems like the exit door, before I

knew it I had entered a whole new place with cubicles and a bunch of employees working, “oh my Gosh,

I couldn’t believe I was lost” I thought to myself.

I walked around aimlessly around, looking for a way out, from my review I could see people staring

at me, out of nowhere I see a cute guy walking up to me, ‘ Hey, I couldn’t help but notice that you

where you were lost ’, he said smiling, showing off hos cute dimples, “ uhm, uh, uh,” I struggled to talk,

“uhm, yeah, yeah, I’m lost ” I said still struggling to speak, ‘ well, congratulations, it’s your lucky day

cause this guy is on his break, and I can personally show you the way out’ he said as he led me back

towards the elevator.

Once in we started talking “hey, you look familiar, have we met before?” I asked with uncertainty, ‘I

don’t think so’ he replied, ‘if we had, I wouldn’t forget a pretty face like yours’ he added, oh my Gosh did

he just call me a pretty face? “ Awwwn thank you” I said now blushing my cheeks off.

(Ding…..) The elevator door opened, ‘ uhm, I guess that’s a good bye then’ he said while scratching

the back of his head, ‘ Awwwn cute’ I thought, “ yeah, good bye ” I said nervously, um, what’s your ( he cuts in ) ‘ What’s your name ’ he asked, “ Nichole ” I replied, ‘ I’m John’ he added, hmmmm john, cute,

matches his cute face and dimples, ‘ can I get your ( employees stars to walk into the elevator, at this

point the elevator starts closing ), “ John……” I shouted, but to my disappointment there was no

response.

Sadly, I walked out and took a taxi back home.

* * * * At Home * * * *

I opened the door and walked in, I noticed that the lights were dim, so I walked quietly to my room,

took a bubble bath and went to bed early, maybe it’s because of the stress.

* * * * Next Morning * * *� *

I woke up really tired, brushed my teeth, and went down stares for breakfast, and guess who

was on my mind all night, JOHN of course, the cute black haired guy, augh those cute dimples, I

couldn’t get over them.

“Morning mum, Morning Dad, Morning Luke, Mark”, I greeted as I raced to the dinning table

to get my breakfast, ‘how was the interview yesterday?’, Dad asked, “It was rough, but not bad”, I

answered, smiling, ‘ what did they say’, Luke asked curiously, ‘Yeah, tell us’, Mark chirped in, “they said

they’ll call back”, I said as I paused for a second, “in two weeks”, I answered, ‘TWO WEEKS’ chorused Luke and Mark.

* * * * Two weeks later * * * *

While I was scrolling through some pictures on social media early on a Saturday morning, I

realized that it’s been two weeks and I still haven’t gotten a call from the JBC, what’s going on, have I

been rejected, I thought to myself, well maybe I’ll just start……( Phone rings.)