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Perfect Deception

Chapter 5 |5| What Happened To Mr Lawson

Word Count: 1661    |    Released on: 19/06/2022

er all, my new salary was three times my previous salary. My mom was just as happy as I was when I told her about the new job. Zoe ate the largest portion of the pizza, I wondered how

he blanket and covered my face, but the noise was still too loud. I sat up a little, my eyes closed. I picked an o

y drifting into sleep when I realiz

up and flung the blanket from my body. Oh no, today was my first day. I

supposed to resume work at exactly 6: 00 am. I quickly had my bath. I wore the first clothes my hand touched in the wardrobe. The only thing on my mind was getting to work on time, which was actually impos

, but my mom was preparing her meal in the kitchen. I picked my shoes from

the kitchen. "Annie, yo

bag. She stretched her head out the kitchen entrance. "Ann

uickly saw a bus that carried me to Mr Lawson's

want to draw any attention. But my bag dropped the moment I saw him by th

ything. He kept on staring

he s

l me what th

lly bad. " I'm so sorry I came lat

e is stupidity and idleness. Unfortu

to think of a way to convince him I was good enough for the job. "Sir, please give m

t happen again because y

at? I mean... You can't just fire." I took a

ou dress for your first day at work. Is your brain so dense that you can't match the colors properly?" He foc

oot in terror. I was wearing two diffe

he wrong sock, I was in

"Yet, you ca

d have known this would happen,

ir

ct you to be punctu

tare. "Okay, I will try

, he was disappointed in me. Oh no, will he fire

hing, the next time you do

ing me a chance to prove myself. I smiled bro

of Cappuccino,"

had introduced herself as Sheila when I came for the interview. She smiled at me. Sheila looked very frie

f to get hurt by his

at her. "Is he al

counter and shrugged. "Wel

s so ar

give a worker a second chance before you. We should stop talking, he hates it

aused and looked around. I sighed and went back to the kitchen to ask Sheila . She told the direc

o detect any sound. There wasn't at first, but later I heard the sound of a knob turning. The door automatically

ued knotting his tie. He was sittin

e door, you don't hav

e door. Oh, I saw the bell

lose my door."

tered and cl

t and l

tstand beside him. His rich cologne wafted

erent angles of the room. As always, the walls were painted Grey and black. I s

k at me. "Did yo

head, con

are you loo

. "I'm just checking out y

r there. Check the first drawer.

precious stones. I picked a golden wristwatch and passed it to him. He b

ook at me. His face was so close to mine that I could feel his breath fanning my cheek. I ignored the butterflies in my stomach and tried to concentrate on fastening the wrist watch around his wrist. My ey

eyes and concentrated on the task at hand. Where did that thought come from? I clasped the wristwatch around his

"Okay, you

d out of his room. Suddenly, I heard

his room, but I was a minute too late. The tra

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