It's raining when Arianne stood in front of Northern Point Mall to wait for her bus to come. While waiting in the cold weather, her mind flown back to her memory 1 month ago.
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"I don't want to take over the company. I'm not ready. Plus I know nothing about handling a business. Not to mention a fashion line business as big as yours, Gramama."
She objected with her whole heart to her grandmother's request.
"Dear, please understand. If not you, then who else can take over my position to lead the company after I'm gone?"
Arrianne twitch. The word 'gone' really gets her saddened and scared. Scared if something were to happen to her beloved old gramama.
"Oh please gramama don't say it like that. I love you with my whole heart."
She paused, her mind thinking fastly on how to reply so that her gramama will be satisfied and stop bothering her with the same matter over and over again.
"Ok. I will agree to you on several condition"
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Honk! Honk!!
The bus for taking Munawar Couture production operator has arrived. Arianne, wearing a long sleeve shirt, a pair of jeans and sneakers, took a long step and board the bus.
"Hello uncle. You look as bright as the sun today."
"Hahaha. Hello missy. Thank you for the compliment. " The driver said it with a big smile on his face. Arianne is an outgoing person so its not awkward for her to say hi to anyone even if it's the first they met.
As soon as she stand at the same level as everyone in the bus who boarded earlier, her eyes went straight to the 5th row seat, and wave to her best friend.
It's always the same spot where the two best friends will sit next to each other.
"Hi Is. Come and sit here" Mei Yun excitedly call Arianne.
With all her co-workers, she is know as Is, short name for Isabelle. Only her family calls her Arianne. Or maybe her lover too. Who knows. >.<
"Mei, did you bring the magazine that I told you yesterday? I'm dying to read it"
And they chat along the way changing from one topic to another.
The place where they work is a sewing factory owned by Munawar Couture which is the biggest fashion chain store in the country. Although the pay is not that high, Arianne has a mission : to understand where it all started and people working in it.
Even if people think it is unnecessary to dive down too deep just to understand, Arianne thinks it is VERY important for her as the future CEO of Munawar Group of Company.
Unnoticeably, they have arrive to their destination. Everyone starting to get off the bus and walk towards their department respectively.
Arianne and Mei Yun walk together to their locker room to store their valuable belongings and put on masks and shoe cover before entering their work space.
This is the basic gears they have to wear before starting work, as the sewing process will leave behind bits of sewing threads and fabric remnants. Wearing those gears are some of the precaution taken by the factory as part of the safety and health precaution for their employee.
"You done, Mei?" ask Arianne with her hand pulling her shirt like wearing a coat, smiling and spreading out a positive vibe around.
"Lets go." Mei Yun pull Arianne's hand and they walk towards the Zipper work station. They will be sewing zipper on the half done clothes.
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