Chapter 2 A Call Of Duty

• Well I decided to give myself a second chance to live,as he advised. The next morning I woke up,prayed, spent most of the pray session asking God for forgiveness then got ready for work.
• I have been mocked for my poor fashion sense in the past by my colleagues ,so I decided to put on my best outfit. I don't want them to think that I am depressed or whatever.
• At work, of course my female colleagues didn't fake it ,they all talked loudly about me and laughed out loud. I went straight to my corner, put my bag down on my desk and said a short prayer.
• The first thing my eyes caught was the portrait of me and my ex. I sighed and slowly put it down under my desk then proceeded to open my computer system.
• "Good morning!”
• I didn’t have to guess ,I am sure it was Daniel. I looked up and smiled back at him.
• "Good morning Dan".
• "Oh please don't call me that, if my girlfriend is here she will be jealous,you know how you calling me pet names gets to me".
• He was trying all he could to cheer me up,I smiled back and sighed.
• "You okay?"he asked me again,concerned.
• "I’m fine Dan, you should probably go to your corner,or else our nosey colleagues will start thinking of something else".
• "Do I look like I care about what they think?"
• He stood up and shouted at them.
• "Jennifer, Beatrice,Kate hey! Are you here to gossip, go back to work,and that reminds me the boss will have an important meeting with us so better prepare for the big news!”
• Some hissed and others muttered some words before they got back to their places.
• I was curious about the meeting.
• "Is everything okay ,what's it about?"
• "Boss is selling the company. The fashion brand isn't selling off as it should,so we will have a new boss today. Hopefully he will keep us but if we are not lucky enough he will replace us with his own team".
• Oh my God! Why now,I can't worry about losing my job? First my relationship now this,I screamed in my mind panicking.
• "You don't have to worry, you are the most diligent worker here,I am sure the boss will mention that to the new CEO,"Daniel said as if he read my mind.
• "I hope"I said sadly.
• Just then the boss walked into the office. He was accompanied by two men in suits.
• We all went to the conference room to meet with him. I made the sign of the cross and prayed silently.
• "First I need to say a big thank you to you all,you have been the best team,I will ever ask for. Gigia fashion brand has been a name known in the country and internationally because of y’all but sadly we are not strong enough to compete.....”.
• The boss's speech to me remained voiceless. All I could think of is how will I go on ,how will I start from scratch looking for a job,I know how long it took me to get here.
• "My best employee…."
• This statement caught my attention at least it might help to make the new boss want to keep me, everyone knows I work harder than my colleagues like Daniel said.
• “Ms Jennifer!”
• I almost cursed out loud, what the fuck,Jennifer?
• Everyone else seemed not bothered and not surprised except me and Daniel.
• Jennifer was the boss’s sugar handbag babe,there was rumors about the two dating secretly .
• She's a beautiful woman with a perfect body too perfect to be real. Her front side, tiny waist and huge backside is a suicidal, her skin like a baby's and her fashion sense is times better than the rest of us.
• She was the only one allowed to wear skimpy dresses and mini skirts.
• At the end of the meeting,the boss never acknowledged my hard work,I was given a lot of awards by him for diligence, punctuality and hard work but today I needed him to say it ,he sold me off because of big boobs and ass.
• Men!
• Well now I know my chance of being in the company is 1 out of 100 percent ,I had to start job hunting as soon as possible.
• "We will get back to y’all through your emails,send your qualifications to us,our boss will decide".
• The two men chorused as if they're on autotune.
• We just nodded and went back to our offices while the boss accompanied them out of the company.
• Jennifer couldn't control her excitement,she bragged about everything. She even said something that hurts me so much.
• "Hard Work and diligence don’t pay no more honey,you better wise up and put on your lipstick".
• Another girl laughed with her.
• I wonder if they know they have no chances of staying just like I am,or are they just trying to make me feel worse than others.
• I saw Daniel trying to talk to the boss,I knew he was talking to him about me. I saw the boss waved him off and walked out on him.
• He couldn't even look at me when he walked past my corner.
• I was angry ,even annoyed as much as I tried to control it. My tears decided to embarrass me. I got up and carried all the awards and dumped them in his office.
• He was angry at how I barged in and shouted but I don't care anymore.
• After all, I am no longer working for him from tomorrow onwards.
• I went back to my corner packing my stuff in my bag.
• I took the portrait of my ex and threw it into a nearby waste bin. Daniel came to talk but I ignored him and walked out on him.
• I felt bad about it but I don't want him to worry about me anymore. After all, he didn't even find me good enough to date. I thought,I guess I'm just frustrated, he had a girlfriend before we met.
• He is a good person and has been a good friend to me but he is the opposite gender which seems very uncomfortable.
• "I went into a public transport,and saw two seat chances so I decided to stay by the window.
• I brought out the invitation card my best friend gave to me,it's a VIP invitation,and inside is a note asking if I will accept to be her maid of honor.
• Wow! How could she be this heartless,how did we get here,we are like twins back then in school nobody really knew we are not related.
• How can she let her envy break us not alone getting my man just to prove she got better looks than me?
• As much as I tried to skip it off my head,it hurt so much I put the card back in my bag and cried my heart out,to the extent that the people seated at the other side glanced at me.
• I tried to control myself. I covered my face and bent on my knees crying. I never wronged neither of them,how can they do this? I didn't realize when I slept off ,I have this habit of drooling when I sleep after crying.
• I was tapped on the shoulder by the person sitting next to me,on the one chance seat left before I slept off. I was too sleepy to look or do anything.I scratched and removed my hair while I was sleepy.
• I felt my head slowly move and then rested on the seat where I was sitting. I had to open my eyes slowly, still blurry.
• The man was in a suit , using his hand towel to clean his shoulder. I was too embarrassed to look at his face and apologized,so I pretended to be asleep. I closed my eyes tightly till I was sure everyone got out of the bus then I slowly got up and paid the driver.
• I got home and went straight to the shower,put on the shower and cried for some time.
• Few minutes later I felt a bit better,so I took my bath and went back to the sitting room.
• My phone rang.
• I looked, It was my best friend or should I say my ex friend I Ignored her and then she called again, I sighed deeply and answered.
• "Hello babe, how are you doing? Hope life isn't so hard on you?" She asked with a mocking tone.