Chapter Nine

Dad quickly walked over to his table, He sat on his chair and loosened his tie a bit,he gave a heavy sign. I let out a deep breath before taking the seat opposite him. The chair was quite comfortable.

His secretary entered with a tray filled with cookies and a mug of tea, she placed it on the table then bow and left.

"Why am i here Dad?" I asked, my hand moving towards the tray to grab a cookie or two." Oh No!!" I exclaimed. " We left Freddi all alone." My mind was so into why my dad was bringing me to his office that I completely forgot about my little brother.

Dad let out a laugh, Me panicking was somewhat amusing to him. "Relax.. i left James at home and your Mother would be back." He said relaxing into his chair with his hands on his head.

I let out a sign of relief. What a big sister I am." So.....Why am i here?" I really want to know why I was here so that I can leave. Being in the office made me uncomfortable.

Dad watched me with a smirk on his face, Guess he loves to make me uncomfortable. "Noted." I muttered.

"Dad....." I whinned.

"Yes Pumpkin." He answered with a grin on his face.

"You know why i am calling you." I pouted.

"I will answer your question if you will answer mine." He said, folding his hands in front of him.

"Sure.... Go ahead." I leaned closer, my elbow on the desk.

"Why don't you like coming to my company to visit me?"

I guess the long awaited question is finaly here. I kept quiet trying to think of a reasonable answer to give him.

"Because of Charlotte." I replied drinking from the cup of tea on the table.

"Charlotte??" He asked his eyebrows raise.

"Yes Charlotte." I inhaled deeply before continuing. " Ever since i could remember, Charlotte has always told me she wanted to be a fashion designer and own her own store." I exhaled. " But then, She came to your company, and suddenly had a change of mind."

A knock was heard , after Dad muttered a "Come in." The door swung open as the secretary entered,She walked over to Dad's table and dropped a folder.

"Thank you Selina." Dad said. Selina bow then head out.

"And don't you think she is till following her dreams?" He continued , his hands now on the desk as he read through the folder.

"How is she following her dreams, when all she do is work work work." Tears pool in my eyes. " I barely see her because she travels alot." I said rubbing my eyes to keep the tears from flowing.

"And why do you think she travels alot?" Dad asked, his eyes scanning the folder because glancing at me.

"I don't know." I said with a shrugged. "Like i said before. Work!"

"Yes... For work, but what kind of work?" He asked flipping the next page.

"Company work i guess." I replied with a sign. What is with this questions? "Does it matter?"

"Yes it does." He said, he dropped the folder before standing up, He then walked towards his window looking down. "You say you miss her, but you've never once asked her where she goes when she travels or even how she feels working for my company."

What he said was true, I have never asked her anything related to work. Wowww I really am a bad sister, First i forgot about Freddi and now I am finding out that I don't care enough to asked my sister questions relating to work.

"Have she ever told you that she was not happy working here?" He asked turning towards me.

I could only shake my head.

"Did you get any feelings from her that working here isn't what she wants?" He continued.

Again I could only shake my head. "Can you tell me why she travels?" I muttered shyly.

"No." He said and went back to his seat.

My head shot up in surprised.

"Asked her to tell you." He continued.

"Fine." I muttered looking down in embarrassment.

"I did not bring you here to embarrass you,." He put the folder in his drawer and stood up from his seat. "Come on." He motion for me.

I stared at him before standing up and walked towards him. "Where are we going?"

"You'll see." He said with a grin going out of his office with me following closely behind. His staffs kept on greeting him, why some scurries out of the way as we made our way to the elevator.

There was a lot of questions on my mind, but I decided to just keep quiet and watched.

We got to a room marked secluded , holding my tongue in, I followed in behind his back. What I saw wasn't what I was expecting to see.

My mouth hung open in awe as I looked around the office room, taking in the beautiful scene in front of me.

"You like it?" Dad question.

I spinned around to face him, my mouth till wide open. I had to force my mouth shut. "Are you kidding me? I love it." I said admiring the room once more.

Dad let out a laugh. "I knew you would."

"You have been hiding this room from me." I said sending him a judgemental look.

The room contain a snooker, a chocolate fountain,a big screen and lots of cookie boxs. "You could have shown me this room a long time ago and i will not hesitate to come by your office regularly." I said going over to the chocolate fountain.

"This room is for the staffs only." Dad said with a shrug."And this is not what i want to show you."

"What?" I spun around, my eyes wide open. "This is not what you want to show me?" I asked perplexed.

Dad just nod his head before walking towards the cookies boxs , He opened one and got a cookie, a door creaks open. I stood staring in shock, today has been full of surprises.

"Come on." Dad said snapping me from my thought.

"Does it mean that everyone knows there is a door here?" I asked my head tinted to him.

"No."

"Elaborate please."

"The door is registered to me,anybody can go to that box and grab a cookie but it will not open." He said and stop. "I am the only one who can open it." He continued walking.

"Why?"

"Safety reasons." He simply said.

"O...kay..,So what do you want to show me?" I asked.

"This room of cause." Dad said and switch on the light. "I know that even though you seem adamant on not working here, You will in the nearest future."

"You seem so sure." I stated looking at him.

"I do." Dad said with a smile. "This room are on every floor. So if you need to take a break from the staffs or leave without anyone knowing. You're free." Dad continued.

"Wowww. This offer seem tempting, I will have to think on that." I said my hand on my jaw. " But first i need to speak with Charlotte."

"Sure." Dad nodded.