CHAPTER FIVE
"Christiana where you asked to come here
eat and talk in your barbaric tongue or where you asked to print out a document?"
Mr. Henrik Wright asked in a voice that could make a human feel like dissolving.
" I'm so..sorry sir" I said quickly swallowing the food in my mouth.
"Ms. God's power is this your office?" He asked a very frightened Mercy.
"No sir, I was about leaving" she said and with that she left.
Thanks a lot Mercy
"You, I asked you to print out a document and make photocopies of it. And for the past one hour thirty minutes I have been waiting for you and then I find you chit chatting with your friend instead of doing the work I asked you to do " he thundered.
Now I was getting scared. I hadn't even made photocopies of the last one I printed out.
"I'm sorry sir but I found more than ten different links in the webpage and I have been trying to print them all out and make photocopies of them all." I said
"You what?"
"Where you born to be forever a daft? You saw different links and you couldn't ask me which exactly was the correct link?" He asked
"I'm sorry sir, I didn't want to disturb you,"
"You didn't want to disturb me or you didn't want to make your foolishness known, well you just notified your stupidity," with that he left.
God I'm so dead what should I do?
I followed him to his office with copies and photocopies of all the documents I printed out.
"Sir here are the documents," I said once I entered his office.
"So,I am to sort out the exact papers? What the hell is wrong with you? Gosh!! I asked my dad not to employ an idiot but he wouldn't listen now I'll have to do the work and by the end of the day pay a hungry---"
"I'll sort it out sir" I said feeling really sorry for myself. For the very first time, I didn't feel like talking back I just...just wanted to disappear.
After what felt like forever, I finally found the right papers.
"Here are the papers Sir," I said.
He snatched them from my hands, scanned them closely then placed them on his desk.
"Anything else sir?" I asked looking at the wall clock
"Get out" was what he said without looking up from his laptop.
"Yes sir," I said packing the other papers and leaving his office.
I entered my office and sat down with my head in between my hands a few drops of tears threatened to fall. I couldn't cry because of a man.
He's not God!! Christy.
" Christy" I looked up and saw Mercy sneaking into my office like a thief looking left and right, watching out for the bos s. Now this girl is damn funny. I just need to laugh.
"Dis one u come dey do like arm robber(why are you acting like a thief?)"
"Bae, this your boss sef eh? I dey fear ooh na wa ( my dear this your boss is scary).
"Wetin u dey find here shebi na wen u see devil u go run leave me. How u talk am sef ? 'I was about leaving sir'( what are you looking for here? When trouble comes you run and leave me behind right? How did you say it 'I was about leaving sir') I said mimicking her voice.
"Abeg (please) you would have done the same thing"
"So what are you doing here? He would soon come ohh"
"My dear, its closing time now check your watch" she said.
I checked my watched to find the time to be fifteen minutes to six pm.
"Jesus, six want knack?( its almost six?)"
"Before nko?(yes now), do let's start going" she said
"I'm not sure I am going , I have to ask Mr. Wright"
"Oya now go ask him( go and ask him)
"This one you are behaving like this, is your house running away?"
"Go joor" she said shooing me away.
I walked to his office, I saw him staring outside his window lost in his own world. I was about to knock when he turned and saw me.
"What is it?" He asked
"Um...its almost six and I wanted to know if I could leave already" I said looking at my feet. He stared at me without saying a word for a century. I looked up to see if he was still standing there and I saw a look that I think I would never understand. Then he blinked it away as if it was never there.
"Yes, you can go" he said calmly
Calmly, calmly?
"Thank you Sir" I said and ran to my office to park in case he changed his mind.
"So wetin happen ( what happened)" asked Mercy.
"He said I should stay back and leave by nine pm" I said feigning all type of seriousness.
"Nine what? Okay good luck girl I'll see you tomorrow" she said getting up
"See as wickedness dey your blood. So if I tell you I am leaving by nine, you would leave me here"
"Yes now, would I stay here with you before?"
"Okay oo let's go" I said after switching off the lights and we headed out.
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