Fifteen minutes ago...
Sarah came to the lavatory and she saw two employees standing in front of the mirror talking to each other. Nothing bugged Sarah until they started whispering as soon as they Sarah. She was just too fed up of this whisper thing, she meant, it's almost been a month since that lift incident happened and but they still just can't get over it, why? Sarah sighed in frustration and went towards them to ask them directly.
'Aren't you done yet, it's been a week.' Sarah asked.
They both looked at Sarah with raised eyebrows.
'May I know what, Sarah?' One of them asked innocently.
'I don't think I have to tell you, 'cause you're not an idiot I guess who can't even understand what I'm talking about.' Sarah said further.
'Id..idiot, how dare you to talk to me like that!!' The other said to and crossed her arms.
'Don't have much time to explain to you what happened there. So, I'll kindly want to say, stop talking about it. Move on and do some work instead of gossiping around.' Sarah replied and walked out after washing hands.
As she went out, suddenly her phone blinked and so she stood there to check some messages and that's when she heard them speaking again,
'What she thinks of herself?'
'Does she think that Jeremy is flat over her?' The other said while sighing being angry.
'I guess she doesn't know what games Jeremy has been playing with her. She thinks Jeremy didn't know about the Lift having a problem. I saw him with my own eyes in the lift control room talking with the electrician before entering the lift.'
Though Sarah didn't care much about what people say this time she wanted to confirm. She wanted Jeremy to confirm that he didn't know about the lift having a problem. But to her surprise, Jeremy answered differently and that too with an entirely different answer in comparison to what Sarah thought and this hurt her heart hard.
****
As finally Sarah wiped her last tear and began to work again Niall saw Sarah sitting at her desk after disappearing for a while. Samuel's warning had already made him worried about Sarah and as he saw Sarah's seat empty for a while his imaginations went awry about where she'd gone. Being worried he took some pills to calm his mind but instead of calming his head started to ache now. He called Sarah in his cabin as a result of all his worries and headache.
'Yes, Mr Niall. You need anything?' Sarah said as she came into his cabin with a smile.
'Yeah!' He yelled and Sarah's feet got freeze in the midway of going towards his table.
'I want you to correct your mistakes, but I wonder when will you?' He instantly said sarcastically while Sarah looked at him with widened eyes.
'What happened, Mr Niall? Is there any problem, Mr Niall?' Sarah asked being not sure about what made Niall talk to her like that.
At this reply of her, Niall stood up from his chair and started walking towards her while speaking in a monotonous voice which echoed in his cabin.
'Yes, you're the problem. You are the bloody hell problem. Why can't you do your work properly.'
'Why Mr Niall? What I did wrong this time?' Sarah asked again just hear Niall finally yelling.
'Shut up! Can't you do your work perfectly? Can't you just inform me before you go somewhere?'
Niall's yelling was now getting on Sarah's nerves. Yesterday only he was acting all gentle to her and now he was all back to an arrogant ass. Her anger started to boil again as he kept yelling. She closed her eyes as she clenched her fists to control her boiling anger. Now she wasn't able to bear the anger of his boss, she was just so fed up of making him understand each situation of her. All her thoughts got flustered and as he kept yelling Sarah interrupted in between,
'What is your problem?!'
As soon as she yelled Niall stopped in between and looked at her with widened eyes.
'You always scold me, always give me extra work, I'm not able to sleep, I'm not able to eat properly. And you say that I'm a bloody hell problem.' She yelled again.
This time, her voice echoed in the cabin.
'I was even, admitted to hospital the place I hate the most just because of you because I wasn't able to eat cause you need me every time with you!' Sarah kept yelling.
'You're my boss I admit it, but can't you just lower down your temper a bit. Can't you just Understand that others have a life too?'
'Sarah-'
'You all think the same. You all have the same mentality, that every woman is just your puppet and you can make them work according to your wish.' Sarah interrupted Niall before he could say anything.
'You're an arrogant ass.'
These feelings which she kept deep in her heart now had burst out all of a sudden at once and Sarah's sudden change of attitude made Niall gasp and Sarah continued.
'But let me tell you one thing.' Sarah pointed a finger toward him.
'I'm not one of them.' as she yelled her last words she turned around to leave without giving Niall a chance to say anything.
As Sarah went out of the cabin Niall realized his mistake, he understood how much he had been making Sarah uncomfortable which made her finally yell at him. He covered his face with his hands and rubbed his eyes and cheeks abruptly and whispered,
'I'm sorry Sarah.'
On the other hand, Sarah knew that this answer was more likely given to Jeremy than to Niall. An answer which she wasn't able to give him earlier as her burst anger made her lips tremble. She went back to her desk drank some water from her bottle and inhaled and exhaled to calm herself.
****
Later that evening it was finally time for Niall to attend his family function. He had never even seen his mother's photo since she had left. He went his home after a long time directly from work. He didn't invite Emma or Sarah with him today 'cause he knew it was no nice occasion to have someone accompanying him.
'Niall?!' Johnathan exclaimed with widened eyes which showed extreme happiness.
'It's so nice to see you. How have you been?' He stood up from the sofa as soon as he saw his eldest son walking towards the hall. He was wearing a three-piece suit which showed that he had arrived home just around an hour ago from his three weeks trip.
Niall, on the other hand, looked at his father with a cold gaze and said,
'A bit stressed.'
And he sat on a single sofa in front of Johnathan without making eye contact with him as he looked at his phone screen scrolling through something. Johnathan looked at his son with furrowed eyebrows, wasn't about to understand that whether he should scold him for not greeting him or ask him the reason of his stress. He was still in a dilemma when after a minute or so Flora and Drake arrived together with their arms locked together. Drake was wearing a simple black shirt with dark blue jeans while flora wore a black dress with a pair of black heels and black earring. She, as usual, tied her hair into a bun while her lips were coloured into a shade of light pink.
'Niall!' She exclaimed as her whole world existed in him and hugged him tightly as he stood up to greet him.
'Oh! I missed you so much, son.' She said further.
Johnathan sighed in relief to look at his family uniting at a proper place for the first time in the decades with smiled pasted on their faces. While Drake stood on the threshold of the hall and smiled brightly looking at the way Flora hugged Niall. He was delighted to see their faces all at one place though he knew that he isn't one of them...