"Good morning everyone! Hey Min, once the applicant arrives. Please send him straight to my office. Thanks" Min nodded in response.
Gold checked her mobile phone and saw a text message. ( Since, I didn't hear from you last night. I thought of sending you a short message. Once you get a chance call me soon -Kilk ) Gold thinks he's nice and she appreciates that.
(I gotta call him later.) she thought to herself.
Min knocking... "Yes, Min?" Gold asked.
Min peer through the door. "The applicant is here" Gold took her pen out. "Please, send him in" Min ask him to enter. By surprise. The applicant is Cale Tuff. Gold was pretty stunned. She almost drops her pen. "Come in. Please take a seat" she manages to say.
"Hi Gold, I didn't know you were working here. It's nice seeing you again." Gold couldn't say a word. She just faked a smile. She stretches her arms to get his resume. Cale hands it over to her.
Gold read it carefully even if she's having trouble focusing and all.
Cale's previous Job and experiences are all in there. He is a very remarkable employee. He went to New York after the break-up. Gold never knew this. She tried so hard to control her emotions.
"As you know I'm Gold Rasp. Marketing Manager here in Luxzour Corp. Jake our IT head manager asks me to do the interview for him. Please do the honor of introducing yourself"
Cale is amazed. She never changed. ( Pretty casual as always ) he thought. "As you know, I'm Cale Tuff. I grew up here. Graduated from the same school you went to. One of the outstanding IT students. I'm popular at school like you used to say. I worked in Techno for 3 years and Went to New York to continue my life there and stayed for 2 years." gold stared at him and glanced at his profile. "You sure have an excellent profile. You're Fired." Cale looks at her in a confused way. "I meant you're Hired." Cale laugh. "You never fail to make me laugh" She stares at him blankly. (What did he just say? Make him laugh? Is he serious? I don't wanna make him laugh.) "You may start anytime you want. I will give you Jake's contact number so that you can let him know when you want to start. Let me show you to your department." Cale taps her shoulder "Hey Gold, thanks. About the thing, we need to talk about. I.." Gold cut her mid-sentence. "There is nothing else we need to talk about. Let's go to your department. Yatt will assist you from there" He thinks it's not the right time to bring that up so he let it go.
Gold led him to the IT department. Gave Jake a call to Inform him about the interview outcome and let Yatt do the rest. She badly needs a coffee, she thought to herself.
She rushes to the coffee shop.
While drinking Café latte, Kilk comes to her mind. Seems like this is good timing to call him. She dialed his number (Phone Ringing)
"Hi Kilk speaking" she felt relief from hearing his voice on the other line. "This is Gold. Am I interrupting?"
"Well no, I'm not doing anything at the moment. I thought you'd never call." gold makes a laugh sound. "I'm sorry, I didn't call right away. I must have got you worried."
"You sure did. So what's up?"
"I have been thinking since I owe you. I should take you somewhere fun. I need to get away also so I'm going to use my vacation leave." Gold thought of taking him on a cool adventure.
"That would be great. I'm free anytime."
"Let's leave tomorrow then at 8 am" Kilk agreed.
"I'll pick you up at your house. at exactly 8 am."
"See you then, Bye" They both dropped the call.
Gold finishes her coffee and finds Cale standing in front of her.
"Are you waiting for someone?" Cale asked.
Gold is not used to seeing him these past few days. "No, not waiting for anyone. I'm going back to my office." Cale grabbed Gold in the arm. "Gold, are you avoiding me?" she let out an annoying smile. (Snapped out of it gold. say a word) "Of course not, Why would I? I'm not the one who went to New York after the break-up." Gold didn't mean to say it like that. (Shoot! why did I say that?!) "About that. I wanted to talk to you but I don't think we should talk like this. Can you join me for dinner later?" Gold is not in a good mood at all. She remembered seeing Cale and Vara eating dinner together. "Let's talk next time Cale. I'm not hungry." Cale is confused. It's too early for dinner. how come she's full? "It's not yet dinner. You will need to eat tonight for sure, right?" she smiles at him forcibly. "Yes, but I'm so full I don't think I can eat anything tonight. I'm going. By the way congratulations on getting the Job. See you around."
(She must really hate me for avoiding me like this) Cale thought to himself.
Gold quickly filed her Vacation Leave. (Yes, I'm avoiding him. Is that wrong? I'm not ready to face him yet. I need time. Lots of time. I need to get away for a while) She said to herself.
Gold filed for two weeks' vacation leave. She browsed the Internet for getaways. her plan is to go Hiking, Island Hopping, Snorkeling, and Exploring.
Gold finally decided where to go and sent Kilk a text message. ( Hey, I filed 2 weeks' leave. Where else would you want to go? I only have plans for a 3days adventure. Can you plan the remaining days for me? That is if you're willing to join me?) Kilk replied as soon as he received the message. (Leave the rest to me. Give me your passport details.) Gold did not think of going abroad but she likes the Idea. (Great! I'm gonna send you my details. Let me know what I need to prepare. Also, I will send the list of what you need to bring to our trip. See you.)
Gold drove home very early today. Preparing everything she needed.
"I need to enjoy and relax for a while. To forget and move on all over again."