Chapter 4- Zombies
The old man looks at him closely from his chair, but it seems he hasn’t seen what he wants to see so he stands up and bends over the desk and looks at with his eyes scanning him. Fred gets up hurriedly and throws the chair to the floor, the sound of the chair brings him out if his thoughts and he shouts at him,
“You idiot, do you want to give me a heart attack? And what is it that you are so angry about? I wanted to see you clearly as it has been so long that I have seen you angry about something and not to talk about a beautiful young, hardworking women. Do you mind telling me what you have on your mind my dear son?”
He combs his hair with his hands and he shouts,
“I don’t want to see that woman ever again in this company, unless you want me to quit my job.”
“Whatever that you are thinking, it’s not like that. I only hired her because of her qualifications. I have told you that I have changed, I only brought her for you. It has nothing to do with me after all I am retiring and I will be going from one country to another with your mom. I won’t have time to …” He tries to defend himself.
“You won’t have time to chase after her and make her your mistress? That won’t be my concern even if you do. I am going to my apartment and my mother will be staying with me for a while. That mistress in the real estate, my mother found out about her and she is breaking up again.” Fred cuts him off and said to him.
He makes his way out of the office and the old man shouts after him,
“Son, I don’t know what you are talking about!! Fred! Fred!! Come back here.”
He realizes that he is a rushing out of the door and so he shouts louder,
“Come to work tomorrow and sack her yourself or don’t blame if I hire her as a permanent worker who can never get out of this company!!”
He hears a sound in the hallway and he smiles sneakily,
“Damn, I won over him right? I guess I will get a card to be able to control him. That lady, has her charms and she has already made my son angry in a few seconds after they have met. Hahaha, nice, very good.”
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The next day, she walks into the building, her shoulders are dropped and she is looking down as she walks on. She raises her head and she sees the old woman looking at her from her glasses. Her eyes raised and her eyebrows wrinkled. Tilda walks to her and greets but she looks her up and down and says to her,
“The CEO wants to meet you in the meeting room in an hour. You are to report to the staff common room and let them know your position in the company. Do you need an escort?”
She shakes her head hurriedly with a huge smile on her face and she thinks,
‘Rose, I was so afraid that he will sack me from work today since I left early on my first day. I never knew he was a generous man who understood things. But why won ‘t he be understanding when he runs this huge company?
The old woman clears her throat and questions,
What is occupying your mind? You should get going.
She bows to her and hurriedly rushes away, the woman’s eyes follow her and she thinks this time smiling,
She seems like a good girl, maybe I should have let her know about what she is going to face in the room. Now, it’s too late, she might be inside already.
She walks into a huge room and she sees so many heads busily looking at the computer and busily typing, some of them are moving around talking to others in whisper’s about the files they have in their hands and others are just hurrying around doing one thing or the other.
She looks at them closely and thinks,
I should have accepted an escort, now, how do I get everyone to stop what they are doing so I can introduce myself? They won’t know I am here amidst all of them right?
She scans the whole room in search of something but she doesn’t find it until she starts walking around row by row and column by column. She gets back to standing at the same place and she thinks,
I am the only girl here!! Rose, what is happening here? Am I in the wrong room? Where are the ladies working in this company?
As she is thinking, someone bumps into her from the back and the person whispers,
"Sorry man."
Without looking at who he bumped into, a few steps forward and he stops and looks back abruptly, he looks her up and down and again. Then, he shouts in her way,
"Who are you and why are you standing in the hallway? Are you looking for someone in the company?"
She sighs and shakes her head before shouting,
"My name is Matilda Nti and I am the new secretary for the CEO. I am hoping to work peacefully with you all."
Suddenly, everything in the room dies down as if controlled by a single wire that has been pulled out in a go. Everyone in the room turn to look at her and she looks down and she moves her hair from her shoulder to her back with her left hand. Then, she adds on,
"I am sorry for any inconveniences I may have caused. Thank you."
Just like that, everyone goes back to what they are doing and she looks on at them, she can’t help herself but question,
"What? Am I in the presence of Zombies?"
Tilda looks around and sees that the hundreds of chairs have been occupied and she has no where to sit, just then, she remembers that there’s a chair beside the receptionist at the reception area and so she rushes out of there. Some of them look at her retrieving back and one of them say’s to the hearing of most of them,
"I see that the CEO has gotten another plaything to play around with. She is a beauty no doubt. Who will let this delicious feast pass by when they can get a taste of it? It’s a pity she belongs to the CEO otherwise, we might have gotten a chance."