Her world revolves in these tables. Those piled documents never decrease no matter how geared towards the deadline. In that department, she was the busiest. Einne often left in the building for overtime. Did she get compensated well? A little. Does she get promoted? Nah, promotion is impossible unless you were favored with the boss even you were lazy. It was a usual crazy and over the top hectic schedules that Einne despite of frequent overtime and known for her multitasking and dedication to the tasks, slept in the middle of her overtime.
"Great, what a productive life." she mumbled while her head rested on the table and her hand clutches on the inventory document. She was sleepless a week straight that she went dizzy after sorting those mountain of paper.
It was only a loud bang from the door that wake her senses.
"I am almost done!" it was a velvety and sweet voice came out from her mouth. Ah, she was surely dreaming. Followed by a slap, prove that she was not dreaming neither.
"Ms. Lin, I believe you were crossing the line!" She witnessed in front of her that someone was on the ground. It was a teacher intervened and slapped her on the face.
Looking confused with what's going on, she thought she perhaps hallucinating. Does her overtime workloads resulted to this dramatic nightmare?
"You kept bothering Ms. Tan every opportunity. Since I witness it personally, I will not overlooked anymore that you bully Ms. Tan. Apologize to her!"
Staring blankly at the teacher who is unfamiliar to her and the woman in front of her trembling, she was stupefied. Why would she apologize? She done nothing wrong. Gazing at the people at her surrounding, she later realize that she was in the university. The crowd murmurs noisily of the events earlier. This is not right. She just silently stood there and the defeatedly responsed to affirm her wrong doing which is unknown to her.
" Professor Chu, it is my fault. Coreen saw me talking to David which make her jealous." Carmen pitifully said as she looked at her with the glint of mockery.
Those eyes. Einne know them well but she was too bored to rebut so she agreed on any accusations on her. Temporarily.
"Yes. I agree I done that. I apologize."
What she hated the most was the endless arguments. She must protect her monotone self at all cost.
"I'm glad you finally admit right. You will publicly apologise to Ms. Tan. I hope you will stop harassing her. Do you understand?"
She nodded in agreement even though she was confused what was going on. She was just an office girl and not some university student. She is stuck with a nonsense dream due to exhaustion, she thought while aimlessly walked away from prying crowd.
She goes search for infirmary to shelter herself from this nonsense. Burying herself with the covers and sank on the bed while figuring out what's going on, she accidentally touch her bruised face and looked her reflection on the mirror placed on the bed table. Oh shoot! She looked like another being.
Einne grabbed the mirror in horror. This is not right! Why would an office girl become someone else? It is definitely a nightmare. Memories surge in as it flashed before her. It was too intense as it unfolds to her one by one. She was beyond bully and constantly making a scene which humiliate Carmen. It seems she was a character on a novel her colleagues often mention yet with the same name.
You must be kidding me! she muttered in disgust as she was trapped in that cliche novel.