I stood there tongue-tied and dumbfounded. I tried to form a sentence to speak but nothing comprehensive could come
Like a force to be reckoned, Brian McDermott Grey had rendered me mute. He was a powerful entity. One to be feared and heeded . Like a remote, he needed not strain to talk but to press where necessary and every part of me would consensually oblige to his command.
"I_i,"
I tried to say. Still, nothing came.
For a maximum of two minutes, I stayed in his office with no logic statement to plead my case. My feet were becoming wobbly and knees beginning to quiver.
All the emotions i had felt in the past year, came rushing in a pool of waves, making me weak as the minute passed.
I could tell I was in a very big trouble. But what I could do to save myself from that situation was beyond me.
"Didn't you get the letter," his voice, deep and cold asked.
It sent waves of strange warmth to my limbs. All of a sudden, I could feel myself.
"What?"
"Yes. Didn't you get the letter?"
I knew it. He was behind everything. Did he hate me that much he could not stand my face? Why would he do this to me?
"It was you. " I blurted.
"You got me fired!"
"No. I did not. " Brian defended.
"You got yourself fired Valeria. "
His statement was so vague. He had no idea what he was saying.
"What did I do?"
I had come to seek answers and I did not think I was prepared to hear whatever he had to say.
However clean my conscious was, Brian was someone I was definite would find fault even in my innocent acts.
"Yes. Give me reasons why I got fired."
"I went through your records, and noticed you have a tendency of skipping work for your own leisure. I cannot tolerate such incompetence in my work place. "
What? Was he talking about the one time I had taken an off and ended up with Denis in the hotel? I had sought a permit for that? For God's sake I was not feeling well!
"I was not feeling well. "
I defended.
Brian shrugged his shoulders, as one of his brows raised at me in contempt.
"Unwell? Does a sick person go to a hotel to loosen up?"
His stretched the word loosen up making it sound so dirty.
"Or when did a hotel become a hospital? Make me understand miss Beards!"
I bit my lip at his counterargument. There was no way I had a defence that could beat that.
Brian, although hadn't said it, had been keeping tabs on me. How else could he know I was in a hotel the day I took an off.
Quickly, an idea flipped into mind, making me smile cunningly. I exactly knew where to beat him.
"I see Mr. McDermott has been his keeping his tabs on me. " I lured out, sd I pursed my lips playfully.
The statement made Brian's eye fly wide open. He gulped on a huge saliva that almost made him choke. It was fast how his jaw clenched as his teeth gritted in the process.
Something told me not to press further. Whatever theory I had in mind, was better left unsaid.
My mouth however, did the complete opposite.
"So it's true. All these months, you were watching me. What a shame you couldn't show yourself to me. "
"Stop spitting nonsense miss Benards!"
His voice growled making me shut my lousy mouth. Like I had been pressed, I went mute.
My fingers began fidgeting on my skirt. Instead of pleading my case, my dump mind had accelerated the situation.
The glares Brian was sending my way, made me wish to disappear from his sight.
This was not the Brian I knew. The man before me was cold as ice. No emotion was evident on his features except anger. I had angered him, something I do not think no one had done.
His fiery piercing dark orbs rendered me speechless. I stood there, bowing my head as the freshly painted nails I had done two days ago suddenly became fascinating.
Brian heaved a deep sigh that almost coerced me to steal a peek at him. Before I could, his deep threathening voice made me wish I hadn't stepped in his office in the first place.
"I do not condone unprofessionalism in my workplace miss Benards. Keep that in mind!"
He left.
Just like that.
Brian left leaving me confused , fazed, dump and week in the knees.
What the hell did he mean by that?
His words although kept ringing in my head, could not make me understand what he meant by that. Did it mean I could still come to work?
Oh God. I heaved an exasperated sigh.
I had personally come to Brian to seek clarification on my unjustly firing, but ended up making matters worse.
What do I do? I had no idea whether to leave or stay in his office until he was done with his meeting. And even if he was, would he still listen to me?
As much as I hated working for him, I needed to plead my case. And so I opted for the later.
Waiting for Brian McDermott Grey to finish his meeting and attend to me.
It took one hour of patience for Brian to get done with his meeting. During that hour, i rehearsed on all the right words I would say. I revised every sentence and statement I had in mind, praying and hoping I wouldn't loose focus again.
When Brian stepped into his office, he was stunned to be welcomed by my unwary presence.
"What are you still doing here?"
"Sir I began,"
As much as it sounded awkward, acting nice was my last resort.
My palms fisted, I slowly raised my gaze to meet his.
"I would love to apologize about my incompetent acts earlier. Please forgive me. "
I felt humiliated. The more I stood in that office, the more I felt despised.
Gathering all the courage I had in me,I continued,
"As for the letter, yes I received it. However I'm here to plead my case. I think I've been unjustly fired. I would love you to reconsider your decision Sir."
Somewhere at the peripheral of my eye, I could see Brian getting back into his files. Like a flea on his shoe, my presence meant nothing. He was ignoring me like I did not exist.
His biased acts made me so angry I felt myself giving into it
How could he do this to me? How could he treat me like I was a nobody?
This was once a man who was so deeply in love with me and yet he could not acknowledge me.
"Sir_ " I was beginning to speak.
"I'll forward your case back to the HR." He cut me off.
"Come back tomorrow for the answers. " With that, Brian dismissed without sparing me a glance.