Edna is shaking like a fish that has been thrown out of the comfort of the waters.
She walks right into the company with a copy of the divorce papers sealed in a brown envelope.
She had a dream last night and it's the most terrifying yet. In her dream, it was exactly like this.
She was heading to her father-in-law's office and when she handed him the divorce papers, he took them. He took it and looked over it before tearing it into pieces.
The doors flung open and the men took her away even though she tried to scream her way out of their grip.
They took her to this basement and had her chained like a dog. Keith came through and did several unspeakable things to her and she is still shivering from remembering it. It was a very vivid and terrible dream.
She tries to keep a straight face as she walks by employees who won't stop staring at her. She hasn't been to work for some time now and she knows that rumors must have been flying around.
She doesn't care about what they think though, she is done with thinking about what people would say or do. She is very determined to leave Keith and she has hopes that she is going to succeed.
She walks briskly to the elevator and with the push of a few buttons, she makes her way up to her father-in-law's office.
Murphy is there as always and he doesn't say a word to her as he opens the door and lets her walk into the room.
Mister Jackson has his glasses sitting low at the bridge of his nose and because he wouldn't put on the glass properly, he still squints to see properly.
He looks up and sees that she is the one who has walked in and he quietly returns to his work. She almost takes it as a sign from God almighty to turn around and leave while she still can, but Malik's assuring words are what push her forward.
She walks over and sits at the table, crossing her leg to appear more confident than she is.
After almost five minutes of silence, he puts aside whatever it is that he has been working on and then looks up at her. She is completely blown away by the patient smile on his face.
" Edna, child. " He smiles. " God, it has been quite a while. How many weeks?"
" Three weeks, sir. " She answers.
" Three weeks since you ran away from me and your husband. " He laments. " I won't say that I am disappointed in you but all you had to do was call. You should have called and explained everything to me. "
Edna feels her lips slowly turning in disgust even as she tries so much to keep it straight. Is this what he wants to say to her? That she should have just called?
She clears her throat and adjusts herself on her seat as she prepares herself to speak.
" With due respect, sir. " She sighs. " I have been trying to tell you the same thing for years now and all you did was brush me off. "
He laughs so hard that his shoulders quiver. Edna is not impressed and wishes that she can reach others and poke her fingers into his eyes, just go exert some kind of pain on him.
"Oh, Edna. You are so funny. " He wipes the corner of his eyes. " All you had to do was speak a little bit harder. You see, I don't like to admit it but I am getting old and forgetfulness is setting in. "
Edna purses her lips and doesn't say another word. She hasn't come here to argue with the man and she won't let him get to her.
She leans forward as she hands him the envelope, making sure that she doesn't make any kind of contact with him because this man repeals her, she hates him.
It's like he notices what she is trying to do and he makes sure that he touches her. She takes her fingers away from him.
He opens the envelope very slowly and even slower to go through the paper. After waiting painfully for him to read through it, he drops it on the table with a sigh.
" I don't know why you are doing this, Edna. " He pretends to be sad. " Keith loves you with all of his heart. "
Lies. Lies upon lies, that's all that this man is good for. Edna holds herself back from pouring insults on him, the more he speaks the more she is hating him.
"Turns out that the love started to dwindle. " She blinks. " I think Keith and I should go our separate ways. "
Mister Jackson nods. He picks up the paper and looks through it again.
" I wasn't expecting this from you. " He pushes. " If I didn't know better I would say that you are being ungrateful with everything that I have done for you and your family. "
" That's not true sir, and you know it. " She almost yells at him. "You have indeed done well for my family, but I have also worked tirelessly all these years for you and your family. "
He raises his hand as if surrendering.
"I will admit that Edna, I will. " He smiles. " But I am really hoping that you have a rethink about this. "
Her stay here is over. She gets up on her feet and without a goodbye, she walks to the door.
" Edna. " He calls her. " Since you have refused to come back to work, I have fixed someone to handle your duties till you change your mind. "
Whatever that is supposed to mean. She turns the knob of the door and leaves. She shuts the door behind her a little too loudly that it startles Murphy.
She doesn't even look at him as she starts to walk away. She doesn't want to spend another minute here, not more than is necessary.
As she trots out, she meets an unexpected person who almost barges into her blindly because she is holding an unbelievable amount of files and she is trying to balance it all.
It's Kim and she smiles so brightly as if she is just seeing her lost friend after many decades.
Edna is equally happy and would have hugged the hell out of her but Kim has so many things in her hands right now.
"Kim, oh my God, is this you?" Edna excitedly asks.
" Hey, boss. It has been such a long time, what are you doing here?" Kim laughs.
" I came to drop something at Mister Jackson's office, I wasn't expecting to see you. "
" Yes, I understand. I have always been coming to work every day, waiting for you to show up, but you haven't. " Kim sighs.
Edna feels terrible. She tries to smile, but she knows that the pain is still with Kim and she feels for her.
" If I haven't been coming to work, then who the hell has been making you work this hard?" Edna teases.
It's supposed to be a joke, but Kim is not laughing or smiling she looks terrified if anything, and Edna can't help but feel confused.
" Kim, is everything okay?" She asks.
Kim shutters and her lips quiver, but she can't get the words out of her mouth.
She is still trying so hard to tell her something and Edna is dying to hear it when someone else appears behind Kim and puts a hand on her shoulder.
"Secretary Kim, why the hell are you not working?" He asks. " Don't tell me that I have been so lenient with you that you can walk around idly. "
Edna's eyes almost pop out of their sockets. Keith is her replacement? He is the person that Mister Jackson has found to replace her till she decides if to return.
If there is one thing that Keith inherits from his dad it has got to be his smile and it's the most sinister. Seeing the confusion on Edna's face he chuckles.
Kim keeps her eyes on the ground, obviously scared of her new boss.
Keith leans over to Kim and whispers into her ear.
" Go back to work, sweetie, I don't like being mad. "
She doesn't wait for him to repeat himself. She keeps her eyes on the ground and walks away without another word to Edna.
Now it's just Edna and Keith and he won't keep grinning in her face. He bends over as if to kiss her but she steps away in disgust.
" See you soon, wifey. " He winks at her. " Hubby has to work. "
He walks away from her with all the swag in the world in his steps.