Chapter- 12 : Meeting of Sarah and Stacy

[Sarah Pov]

"Don't worry it's gonna be there" Stacy told me while trying to comfort me.

I didn't respond to her. the whole journey I was watching outside the window and my brain not even thinking anything it was empty.

"We are here," Stacy told me which made me a little alive.

"You go in first, I will pay for the taxi" she told me.

I didn't let her finish the sentence. I ran out of the car towards the restaurant full of hope that I am gonna find it.

[Stacy Pov]

After paying for the taxi, I went towards the restaurant and found her sitting on the road pavement with her head down.

"Why are you sitting here? did you get your recorder back?" I asked her.

she looked at me with her eyes loaded with tears. Which killed me completely to see her vulnerable.

"what happened? you didn't find it?" I asked her with concern.

"see for yourself" she said and put her head back down.

I went towards the restaurant and it was closed. They might have closed it due to the festive season.

Hotel xxxxx:

sorry for the inconvenience due to the festival xxxxx the hotel will be closed for the next 5 days. We hope you people have a great holiday with your family.

After looking at the notice I really don't know what to say or do? I don't really understand why everything happens to her. I never knew anyone who was sweet, gentle and kind like her. She was the only one who stood by my side while everyone walked away for me.

Everyone thinks I kind of live a bitch life but people made me what I am today but she saw the real me.

[Flashback]

"her mother is a prostitute so do her. wanna come home tonight?" a guy asked while I was walking on roads.

It's true that I was born to a prostitute. I even don't know who my father was? but she left everything after I was born and started leaving a normal human life . After a few years I was born. She gave her heart to a demon who cheated on her after making her pregnant and left her alone on the road with a reason he couldn't marry her that she was a prostitute before.

When I was little I never understood why people used to bully me for not knowing who my father was and hurt me very hard .But after going home I used to show my mother a very happy face so that she couldn't feel sad because of me and see herself as guilty.

When I was 15, I learned that in this shit world it always gives pain when we are soft, so I started to talk back. In this world, if there was anyone who could defend you and protect your dignity then it was you. I started living tomboy life while the whole inside me was a soft and caring person. I hide from the world who I am while putting on a tomboy mask.

Even though my mom left that year and years ago, people still look at her that way wherever she goes. so I wanted to stand up for my mom and my little sister.

My mom worked very hard and today we have very well known self-owned coffee shops at different places in Thailand. but people are people there still treat her like a shit

"I can defend myself, please live your life Stacy," my mom told me.

"it's a very good opportunity, you have to go," she added

"That piece of shit how can he say that to you?" I was still thinking of the incident that happened at our coffee shop.

"First you tell me why did you hide it from me?" she asked me.

"because I never wanted to go" I told her.

" if you love us please go, Stacy" she told me with her eyes with tears

" It's enough defending us, It's killing me every time I see you defending me and getting blamed for things which you never did. Please go to Singapore and start a new life. This world is not after all bad.its just your mother could not find the difference" she said while falling to the ground.

"I never asked you anything. please, this is the only thing that I want to ask you. please accept the job offer" she asked me while crying hard.

which left me no choice but to say yes.

" Hey you, I will give you 500 dollars for tonight?" he asked me, which made me come out of my thoughts.

that piece of shit I slapped him hard which made him fell on the ground

" mind your words" I told him and started walking again.

After a few moments, a few more people came along with the guy and started misbehaving with me. I am defending as much as I can and to top of my luck there were no people around and it was completely dark.

then I saw her for the first time she came running towards us with her lean body .

"Are you ok?" she asked me

I nodded

"Get the hell out of here" one guy shouted at her and leaned forward in the attempt to kiss me.

"didn't I tell you to leave her alone" she told them and kicked the guy who's trying to kiss me.

and she grabbed me by the hand and started running with the guys chasing us. After running for like 15 min we entered inside a mall.

"That was a good one. Take care of yourself " she said

"Who the hell told you to protect me? I can take care of myself " I told her.

she looked a little taken back and I can see the hurt in her eyes

"I am sorry for helping you, at that time all I saw was fear in your eyes" with that she went away.

After two months of that incident, I still don't understand why people treat me like shit. I really hate my department, mainly my manager. I already applied for the transfer of my department. I hate him to that extent. He was the same as old generation people who think that girls are not for work there are only home material.

"Hey newbie, why didn't you complete the presentation on time?" my manager asked me in the conference hall in front of 70 staff.

" Sir, I was never given such a task to do" I tried to explain to him

"stop talking, Sorry sir these people I tell you" my manager told the boss

All the people laughed at me thinking it served me right. Women at my office hate me for having all the attention of men and men hate me for not allowing them to get into my pants.

"excuse me Mr. Kim chaun '' someone's voice dragged everyone attention.

"do you know there was a thing called task planner ?" she asked him.

"Yes, miss" my manager told her.

" it was clearly mentioned that you are responsible for creating the presentation and moreover this presentation was regarding the company tactics. the company should never allow staff under probation to work on company policies as a person who is working for 3 years you might have known about this right?" she asked him

Everyone looked stunned at her. my boss was looking at her with full of pride. no one spoke a single word.

"The meeting is dismissed and Sarah please reschedule it.Mr.Kim Chaun please follow me" with that my boss went away followed by my manager and Sarah.

After a few weeks, I got a transfer letter confirming that I was being transferred to the department that I wanted so badly to join.

I was really happy but I forgot the fact that Sarah was the department head.

"Be careful with her, she was given the spot of department head within the year she joined" one of my colleagues told me.

"some say it is nightmare to work with her"other colleague told me

" Some say she slept with the boss to get the position" others joined.

"Just think how anyone can become department head within one year of her joining here?" one of them told and started laughing.

I felt gross after hearing what they said. how people can be so judgmental. whereas she helped me twice even when she doesn't know who I am.

[First day at Marketing department]

I was dying inside for acting that way towards her on the day she saved me. Now she sure hates me with that kind of mindset. I went to floor 37 and went straight up to her cabin.

"Hey Stacy, welcome to the marketing department" Sarah greeted me with her warm smile.

"I am very happy that you came. I am Sarah I am a marketing manager and also personal assistant to our CEO" she introduced herself

I was speechless at her words

"Doing two jobs was not easy. That's why I am looking for someone who can help to organize everything at last, I found you"She told me.

"is that you who selected me?" I asked her

"Then who else can do that? since ours was small company still in growing process we really have to do double up" she told me with a smile and took me to the boss office

"good morning Mr.Liong Choon" she greeted him

" Good morning Sarah" the CEO treated her back.

"she is Stacy she is our new assistant manager and from now on she works along with me" she told him

"what Ms.Sarah you seem very happy today? I am happy too. I got a new girlfriend !!" he told us.

which made us both laugh.

"Sarah you go get everything ready for the meeting" she told her and sent her off.

"She is very great, talented, hardworking and moreover she was the most beautiful hearted person that I ever saw. She is like a daughter to me .She never shows her pain.please take care of her. i always know that people at our office talk shit about her for getting to this position.But no one talks about how hard she worked to get this position" he told me

Then I laughed inside because of the people's thoughts who thought she slept with the CEO to get this position.

That's how we became colleagues and best friends in one week.

[End of flashblack]