CHAPTER ONE
Samantha Armstrong, a young beautiful, and fair lady is seen walking toward the security unit of the National Weather Forecasting company.
"Good morning Chief Sam," Greg, a security guard, said, smiling at Sam.
"Morning, Greg" Sam replied with a brief smile walking away with her shoulder and head lifted.
"She's truly a boss lady," Greg said to himself as he watched Sam vanish into the elevator.
*Clink** The elevator opened
The clinking sound of the shoe drew the attention of the night workers at the National Weather Forecasting Company (NWFC).
As they turned their heads to see who just arrived.
"Good morning Chief Sam" the night workers greeted respectively which Sam relied on before heading to her office.
As soon as Sam was out of sight, a little circle consisting of men and women was formed, they all had something to say about their bossy chief weather forecaster, Samantha Armstrong.
"Damn, she's always too early," a male worker complained. "I wonder why she gets to work this early when morning shifts haven't even begun yet" he added.
"Maybe she doesn't have much to do at home," another male worker said. "She isn't married yet, no child, and I heard…" he turned left and right to make sure Sam had entered her office before he continued.
"Come on, what did you hear," a female worker said eagerly. Her ears were itching to hear the rumor.
"Well, I heard she now sleeps at Lloyd's place " the male worker quickly said.
"Huh!!" Samantha gasped as she heard the news from a worker's mouth. "Gosh!!! Office romance would be the death of me" she said before leaning towards the wall to hear more of her gist".
"Lloyd's place?" "Which Lloyd?" Another curious worker asked as the gossip circle she heard
"Don't you know Chief Sam is in a relationship with the media spokesperson, Sir Arthur Lloyd?" The male worker said, curiously looking at his workmate and wondering how they didn't know about such juicy news.
"What??!" Everybody gasped at the same time, looking at each other's faces with questions.
"Arrgh!! this is so embarrassing" Sam exclaimed while slamming her hand on her forehead repeatedly.
"Just how much does this guy know," Samantha said to herself as she still saw that the gossip circle became closer, whispering and laughing.
"I thought they were only engaged, didn't know she's already sleeping at his place," another worker said.
"What did she even see in Sir Lloyd?" A male admirer of Sam complained with a long face.
Everyone turned and laughed at him.
"Stop dreaming, Chief Sam can never be with you," another worker said jokingly. "Besides you're not fit enough to be the groom of the mighty Samantha Armstrong".
"Well, I guess that's how it's meant to be," Sam's admirer said before returning to his chair
The gist about Samantha continued and she watched them from afar trying to listen to what they were saying about her
"Oh, how I admire her," said one of the female workers. "At such a young age she has achieved a lot," she added.
" Well, I agree with you," an older male worker said this time." I vividly remember when Sam first arrived here as an intern ten years ago, who would have thought that she'd rise from an ordinary intern to a chief weather forecaster, her growth is worth commending" he added.
"You know I admire her, she has everything in her life figured out, from a house, to a car, to vacations, money, influence, and even a perfect love life" a female worker added
"Ahhh, how I wish my life was just as perfect as the life of Samantha Armstrong," a worker said loudly.
"Hush there, Chief Sam might hear you " they all scolded.
"Oh well!!, If only they knew that their mighty Chief Sam wasn't all that perfect " Sam said weakly before leaving her hiding place and entering her office.
The clock rolled its hands and it was 7:45 am, the night workers were through with their shift and it was time to pack their things before leaving the office.
The inner room was getting filled with new faces, beautifully dressed. All the day workers were exchanging pleasantries as they all got prepared to start the day's work at 8:00 am.
"Good morning daylight workers" Samantha greeted her co-workers as she came down from her office.
"Good morning, Chief Sam," the daylight workers replied happily.
Brenda, Mrs. Lisbeth, Matla, Will, and Samantha are the daylight workers' teammates. Though Mrs. Lisbeth, Matla, and Will are more experienced than Sam age-wise, she ended up becoming the supervisor of the team and even chief weather forecaster.
Samantha said Brenda were both interns at the National Weather Forecasting Company (NWFC). They were friends and are now teammates. Brenda was happy for Sam, and though Sam kept their friendship on a distant level, Brenda wasn't offended.
The daylight teammates have been through a lot together but they always had each other's backs.
"Hi, Chief Sam, hope you're well," Will said happily.
"Ohh, would you speak to me with some respect," Sam said jokingly as she threw her hands to hit Will's chest lightly, which made all of them burst out into laughter.
One can say the relationship between the daylight teammates was professional and also casual. They respected each other as humans regardless of what position they held in the organization.
"Good morning all" Sir Arthur Lloyd said while he kept looking and smiling at Sam.
"Good morning sir" the teammates except Sam said.
"Good morning Sir Lloyd" Sam finally responded to his greetings. "Can we go talk in my office?" Sam added.
"Yes babe," Arthur said. Gasps were heard from the teammates as Sam blushed
"Uhh. I mean yes Chief Sam " Arthur corrected himself.
"Don't worry, Sir Arthur, Chief Sam, we understand" Brenda said grinning mischievously at them.
"Let's go," Sam said to Arthur before they left the inner room.
"Aww, they're so sweet," Brenda said looking at Will. "Do you think I'd find such a compatible partner, Will?" She asked
"Stop dreaming I won't date you" Will replied with a chuckle that got everyone laughing.
"I hate you, Will," Brenda said
"I love you more Brenda" Will replied, chuckling before heading to his seat.
"This kids!!" Mrs. Lisbeth said to Matla while they both laughed.
