WINDOWS OF THE HEART

Chapter One

A Crazy, Frantic Encounter

They are about to close in when Gabrielle yelled, "Hey! This elevator can carry fifteen people in it and your count is only four! Why are you refusing us to get in, as if the President of this country is in that elevator!" All the people by the elevator were shocked and forced themselves to silence, shying away from her.

Gabrielle was in a hurry to get into the elevator to catch up with time to give her application to the Human Resources Division of the company, The KOR H&H Manufacturing Industries placed itself in this building. She was running too quickly until she reached the elevator where too many people were waiting. Then suddenly, a group of men in black suits walked by widening their way that those standing by the elevator must give way, where a man in a blue suit and a lady following her in a corporate attire moved in in the elevator. They are about to close in when Gabrielle yelled:

"Hey! This elevator can carry fifteen people in it and your count is only four! Why are you refusing us to get in, as if the President of this country is in that elevator!"

All the people by the elevator were shocked and forced themselves to silence, shying away from her. The man in black suit was about to say something when the man in the blue suit shushed him for silence.

"Okey, young lady, you may get in with us," said the man in blue suit offering his hand to welcome her in. With head up, Gabrielle entered without looking at the man who allowed her in.

"And what floor are you going, ma'am?" queried the man beaming with a wistful smile. It's as if he was amused by the way Gabrielle demanded entry to the elevator.

"Oh, I, I, uh-I think it's in the—wait, the Human Resources Division. Thank you." The man in black beside him clicked the 20th button.

"Here you go, miss, the HR is at the right side." commented the man in blue suit, and quickly added, "Good luck!"

When the elevator closed in, all of them burst in exhilaration. Unknown from Gabrielle, the man in the blue suit is the CEO of the KOR H&H Manufacturing Industries, and it was his office that needs hiring of applicants for an Executive Assistant.

Gabrielle went inside the Human Resources Division, nervous but confident, believing that she'll make it. When she handed her Personal Resume, the Personnel Clerk recommended that she come back next day for the written exams since they already reached the quota for the day. Disappointed but persistent, she requested the Clerk that since she is already in the office, perhaps she be given the written exams now then come back tomorrow for the result of the test and probably the first interview.

"I have gone through some petty troubles in coming here so I am asking for a little consideration, please?" Persistent and determined to carry out something today.

In the same time at that moment, Mr. Han Hyun-Ki, the CEO & Chairman of the company, called the Human Resources Division and talked to the HR Division Head, Mrs. Romina Miranda.

"You have an applicant who is on her way to your office right now. She is wearing a blue dress with a butterfly clip on her hair. I want you to put her in the interview panel today after she had taken the necessary requirements for pre-interview," ordered Mr. Han.

Mrs. Miranda was about to tell him that applications will resume tomorrow but then quickly changed her mind and rushed out of her office to catch the lady Mr. Han described; and there she is, in time of her exiting the door since her request for consideration was declined. Mrs. Miranda called out on her,

"Excuse me, young lady in blue. Why are you leaving? You are not done yet!" Gabrielle, surprised but amused, turned her head and stressed, "But I was told by your clerk to come back tomorrow for the written exams and initial interview."

The clerk, Lorie, was somewhat confused with what her boss told Gabrielle; she quickly handed to Mrs. Miranda Gabrielle's personal resume. While reviewing her resume, she told Lorie to give her the written exams, and line her up for the first interview.

"While you are waiting for your turn to face the interview panel, we will process your written exams as you are filling up the application form, okay?" said Mrs. Miranda.

When seated in the Testing Room, she wondered why she was recalled that fast but she set aside that thought and went through with the tests with a positive feeling. When done, Lorie asked her to sit with the rest of the applicants outside the Screening Room waiting to be called in for the interview. Meanwhile, inside Mr. Han's office, a camera was set up for him to see and observe the applicants in the Screening Room.