Chapter 4

The doctor finally discharged me from the hospital a bit earlier today and I couldn't be more happier. Just as I thought, Cass refused to leave my side and mom called literally every hour since she lived so far away I had to beg her not to bother coming to see me.

All my things were still with Cass because she didn't trust me to rest without calling the office. We got home and she prepared something for us to eat then I headed to my room to rest.

Immediately my phone came to me, I wasted no time to check my call logs and messages, just like I feared there were a lot of missed calls from the office mostly from my assistant and then CEO's secretary. I returned the Secretary's call and i was asked to wait an hour and they'd call back since he was in a meeting.

While waiting, I decided to check my emails and do some work that I could do while at home and also returned Skyler's call. She seemed fine but I could hear in her voice that she was very stressed

"Ma'am I was so worried...um everyone was worried for you" she ranted on and on, I knew nobody at the office really cared about me so all that 'everyone was so worried' didn't fool me one bit.

"Skyler pull yourself together! I'm not paying you to worry about my health, now how is everything back at the office? I want a detailed report of everthing" I said in the most stern voice I could muster, I didn't want to start going soft on her so she'd do her work properly.

"Ma'am the office is been good but there's a lot of confusion here without you-" oh those dummies ahh " but I have been able to handle some of your work here, I've managed to clear your desk ma'am" she finished off, I was so relieved on hearing that cause all that was on my mind was how to complete all that work and I trust Skyler to do a great job.

"Mmhm...well done Skyler, that's good, umm..I'll be at the office by tomorrow so do not worry" I finished and hung up not waiting for her reply.

Immediately I hung up, I received another call and it was from the CEO's office, oh my God!

"Good day miss Starstone, the CEO requests to speak with you directly so I'll be putting you through I hope that is OK" he inquired, I nodded unknowingly but I figured he can't see me so I muttered a small yes.

"Good day miss Starstone" I heard his deep and authoritative tone, did I mention I was very scared of him? No?..well I am now.

"Good day sir, I can explain I'm really sorry for my unacceptable conduct at the meeting on monday I promise it will never repeat itself again sir please do not fire me I'm so so--"

"Now hold on miss Starstone, where is all this coming from?" He stated in confused manner

"Umm..sir I know I've never had a short coming like this, not in a very important meeting like this, I know you are very disappointed at me and I understand but sir please give me another chance" I finished ranting, did I also mention I rant a lot when I'm nervous?...well there you go.

" miss Starstone no one is getting fired as a matter of fact, since Mr. Flynn did not show up on that day, his representatives were very lenient with us and so they asked to make sure you were fine and they would relate your proposal to him and earlier today I got an email from him informing us that he looks forward to working with us" he finished, I couldn't believe my ears, he actually was not at the meeting? But I could swear I saw him coming in and sitting down, I don't understand I think I have to go back to the doctor soon.

"Miss Starstone are you still there?" He interrupts me

"I'm sorry sir, I was just too excited and I really appreciate you for calling"

"Its no problem miss, everyone at the office was worried and what kind of boss would I be not to check on you?"

"Thank you very much sir I really appreciate..I'll see you at the office tomorrow"

" its my pleasure and miss, do not bother coming to work for the rest of this week, you've been given the week off, consider it as your reward, have a lovely day and take care" with that he hung up. I couldn't believe it, I still have my job and not only that, I scored the clients and also a week off oh my God I have to tell Cass as I ran out of my room screaming her name all around.

She came out of the guest room downstairs rubbing her eyes and looking annoyed.

"What is it now you crazy girl, you can't just let me have a few hours of peace?" She said as she strolled pass me to the kitchen, getting a bottle of water from the fridge and sitting on one of the stools.

" you know about that meeting I had on Monday before I got to hospital?" I asked ignoring her lack of interest.

"Yeah I know it, the exact one I warned you not to attend, what about it?" She said sluggishly while giving me the bad eye after every word.

"I still have my job by the way and they accepted my proposal, Cass all my hard work paid off I'm so happy, but what I do not understand is that I remember seeing Danny- I mean Daniel at the meeting but my boss just told me he never came, I'm so confused"

"Yeah...the doctor mentioned something about some hallucination and all that boring doctor stuff, I called your assitant after to ask how the meeting went, and if everyone was present at the meeting and she said no, that means you just imagined him Tee, he wasn't actually there, the doctor thinks there's something wrong with you but he does not know what it is yet, Tee I'm so sorry I didn't tell you" she stood up and walked over to me rubbing my shoulders so I'd calm down but I was far from calm, my head started to spin and I remained still.

"Cass you mean to say...I imagined him at the office? No wonder his head was down all through and no one even paid attention to him during the meeting, gosh it all made sense now" I tried to find myself a seat before I lost it.

" I'm so sorry Tee, the doctor suspects its a mental condition but he's put you under observation for now because he did not want to make a false conclusion...but you're fine right? " I was too shocked to react to what she just said, I just stared at her not knowing what to say, seeing my reaction, she dragged me off the chair and hugged me tight, I didn't even know where the tears came from, but I realized I was in tears when I heard Cass sniff.

" b-but why didn't the doctor tell me? Instead he told me my body shut down because I wasn't eating and taking care of myself" she sighed while retreating from our hug and gestured for me to sit down and she sat next to me.

"Umm.. He told me he noticed some abnormal activities in your brain but I got so scared and told him not to tell you so you wont be worried since it was just a suspicion and he said it was probably nothing so I asked him to tell you the other issue. I'm sorry I panicked, its just that you already have so much going on in your life, it breaks my heart to see you going through pain all the time" she looked at me to see if I'd say anything, I just gave her a small smile and hugged her.

" its OK Cass I know you we're just looking out for me, but this is something serious and I have to pay serious attention to, I know you care a lot about me and I promise I wont give you or mom a reason to worry anymore ok? And we cannot tell mom this yet" I warned while pointing my finger at her, she giggled and hugged me cleaning her face from all the tears.

"Alright I won't tell" she said while looking away and I shot her glare.

"Don't look at me like that, but if this goes south? Its all your fault I can't face your mother" she raised her hands in the air in a motion to surrender and we both laughed.

"So...I have the week off...do you have any plans? or its your wish I die in this house all in the name of taking care of me" her eyes shot wide open as she began to clap her hands.

" no way am I wasting this little freedom you have, we are going to shop for your date this weekend that I hope you have not forgotten Tee" she stressed the last part out.

" oh my God I almost forgot about that, can't we reschedule?"

"No way in hell am I doing that, this is not work that you'll continue to reschedule, this is your life Tee at least be serious with it"

"Alright fine. fine, I'll go on the stupid date, we'll do whatever you want this week because you've cried enough in the stretch of just a few hours, gosh such a drama queen" I rolled my eyes and smiled, she squelled and hugged me while dragging me to the living room to watch TV, let's just say I won't sleep tonight cause Cass and marathons together is just dangerous.