Martins walked into the elevator checking the time in his wristwatch.
"I'm almost late" He sighed.
A lady in her late twenties dressed in a black crop top and short leather trousers with black sunglasses stood inside the elevator watching him enter.
Her hair was dyed in so many colours, more like a rainbow colour.
Her name is Mira.
Mira looked at Martins, she removed her sunglasses to confirm whether it was truly him.
"Look who we have here".
Martins turned to see who she was referring to.
"Are you referring to me?" Martins pointed at himself.
Mira laughed loudly.
"How could you not recognize your ex, maybe my plastic surgeon doctor really did more than a great job" Mira giggled.
"I've only dated one person in my life" Martins gave her a fierce look.
"…And where is she? In jail?" Mira laughed.
Martins felt traumatised. His hands started shaking in fear, but he took a grip of himself.
"You must really know me very well then. So, who are you?" Martins turned to her.
"Fear is written on your face boldly." Mira laughed.
"I asked who you are?!" Martins shouted.
The elevator door opened for them to leave.
"Looks like we've arrived at our destination" Mira came out of the elevator. Martins followed her at once.
"You have an appointment, right? Let's meet by 11 am at the cafeteria across the road" Mira waved at him.
Martins stood still looking at her without saying a word.
Mira blew a kiss at him.
Martins squeezed his face in disgust.
"I've been meeting a lot of weird people lately," Martins sighed, walking towards the director's office.
Martins was about to knock at the door when he recalled what Mira said to him.
"Where is she? In jail?" this word repeated in Martins' head.
He started sweating profusely.
His heartbeat increased as he held the door handle.
"you'll never leave me, right?" Marsai's voice repeated in his head.
"ahh" Martins screamed in pain.
"Are you okay Mr. Martins? A female staff member walking by asked him.
"yes, I am okay" he lifted his head.
The tragic event that happened six years ago traumatised Martins.
Sometimes, the memories and times he spent with Marsai comes to his mind. The sweet memories always made him smile but when the tragic memories come into his head, he always gets a headache or fever.
"Martins, please tell them that I'm innocent! Please, you're the only one that knows the truth" Marsai's cries repeated in his ear.
Martins removed his hand from the door handle. He reached for his pocket and brought some drugs and poured them into his mouth immediately.
Martins regained consciousness for a while. He took a deep breath before knocking on the door.
"Come in" the director, Mr. John instructed him.
Martins walked into the office.
"Good day sir." Martins bowed his head.
"Welcome, have a seat" Mr. John instructed.
"Thank you, sir," Martins sat down.
Mr. John adjusted his seat.
"I've gone through your application letter, and I can say that you're very qualified to be a teacher because you said it has always been your passion" Mr. John commended him.
"Thank you sir" Martins replied.
Mr. John smiled, bringing out a file.
"Rodriguez Martins, is that your name?" Mr. John asked.
"Yes, that's me" Martins replied.
Mr. John read through the file to be sure that it is Martins' name.
"I think there's a problem somewhere".
"What is that?" Martins lifted his head.
"This file states that you have been approved to work as a teacher in a local school and have already been assigned a class."
"What?!" Martins exclaimed.
"It has already been signed that you have started your teaching job and I don't think I am the one that signed this. There must be a problem somewhere" the director announced.
"Mark must have done something stupid" Martins sighed.
"Who is that?"
"It's nothing sir, but can anything be done about this? I'm not the one currently teaching in the class I was assigned to." Martins pleaded.
"Don't worry, I'll investigate this. I wasn't even the one that signed it." Mr. John sighed.
"You're dismissed." Mr. John said to Martins.
Martins bowed his head before taking his leave.
He left the office in anger and dialled Mark's number immediately.
"What is the meaning of that nonsense?!" Martins shouted at Mark through the phone.
"What nonsense? Although you're a few minutes older than me, that doesn't mean you can shout at me." Mark smirked.
"Answer me right now!" Martins shouted.
"Stop barking, I'm doing all this for Marsai."
Martins calmed down immediately when he heard Marsai's name.
"What do you mean by that?" Martins asked.
"You know I've always loved Marsai, right?"
Martins was shocked to hear this.
"You always loved her?"
"Please tell them that I'm innocent, I didn't kill him!." Mark mimicked Marsai's words.
Martins' heartbeat increased.
"This girl pleaded with you but you were too ambitious to consider her all in the name of chasing your messed up dreams of becoming a good for nothing teacher!" Mark shouted at him.
"Were you there the night this incident took place?" Martins asked.
Mark was silent.
"Did you witness this? If then why didn't you-
"Why do you think I came back to the country? I think we should meet and discuss this." Mark ended the call.
Martins took a deep breath.
"I feel like my past is haunting me" Martins sighed.
"Really?."Mira laughed
Martins turned immediately.
"Gosh, you scared me!"Martins exclaimed.
"You were talking about your past hunting you, don't you think it should hunt you more than like this."Mira laughed.
"You're really weird"Martins sighed.
"Really?"Mira continued laughing.
Martins moved closer to her.
Mira stared into his eyes curiously.
"You look strangely familiar. You didn't only know my name. You already know where I was heading to earlier, and now you're eavesdropping into my conversation with someone!"Martins scolded her.
Mira was silent. She kept staring into Martins' eyes curiously.
All she could see was the tragic incident that left a scar in Martins' heart.
Martins bent down and stared into her eyes.
"You also talked about Marsai, who are you?!"Martins shouted at her.
Mira was shocked to see Martins looking fierce.
"Oh my god, I almost let my guard down. You really had a good character development. Did you exchange characters with Mark? This is so unlike-
"Here we go again, you also know my brother's name. Tell me who are you?!"Martins cut in.
"You wont even let me speak, if you really want to know who I am, let's meet over there"Mira pointed towards a small room meant for staff only.
"That's a staff only room, what are we discussing there that we can't talk about here?"Martins asked reluctantly.
"Staff only? Then assume I'm a staff here, besides the company belongs to my elder brother. So, are you still interested in knowing who I am?"Mira smirked.
"Whatever you say, Queen bee"Martins sighed.
Mira laughed loudly.
"Queen bee, that's hilarious"Mira continued laughing as she walked to the room.
She closed the door immediately they both entered.
"Why? Why are you locking the door?"Martins asked immediately.
"Do you want anyone to see us together in the staff only room?"Mira asked, walking closely to Martins.
Martins was dumbfounded.
Mira reached to Martins' chest and placed her hand on it.
"What are you doing, woman? Stop harassing me!"Martins shouted at her.
Martins hates being harassed by the opposite or same gender. He doesn't let anyone touch him in that way apart from Marsai.
Mira removed her hand from his chest immediately. His fierce looks made her scared.
"You said you wanted to know who I am, right?"Mira asked.
"You're too creepy"Martins sighed.
"Really? I don't think so."
Mira moved away from Martins. She turned towards the window. It was a dark room so they could barely see each other.
Mira reached for her zipper.
"Can you help me pull down my zipper?"Mira asked looking at Martins lustfully.
"What do you take me for? A pervert?"Martins sighed.
Martins made his way to the door.
"Hey!"Mira shouted.
Martins held the door handle as he turned to look at Mira.
Mira's gown fell on the floor. Her bare body was exposed.
A huge tattoo of Martins' name was boldly written on Mira's back.
Martins read a few words written on her back.
"Mamira?"Martins asked.
"Wait, are you Mira?!"Martins asked with his mouth wide open in surprise.
"Isn't that shocking?"Mira laughed loudly.