Olivia was eager to learn. She wanted to know what she was doing.
Giselle was with her every step of the way. Giselle would correct her when she made mistakes and even help her with the printer before she broke it.
Olivia liked Giselle a lot. Giselle was the only one who didn't critizise her for her clumsiness. And she was glad Giselle was the one helping her out.
"Is it okay if I call you Giselle?"
This was during break.
"Sure" Giselle gave her a sweet smile. The one thing she love about Giselle so much.
The CEO passed by and saw Giselle standing with Olivia. Olivia swallowed hard as her eyes met with the CEO.
He looked at Olivia from head to toe and was speechless.
He silently took dip breaths trying to control his angry.
He forced himself to smile.
"How's your first day going so far"
"Its been... Giselle here, has been helping me so it's bad." She was so nervous.
"You're not having any problems, are you?" He asked Giselle.
"I'm not"
What was that?
Why the heck was he being nice all of a sudden?
Was it because Olivia was there?
Did they know each other?
Giselle got a slight feeling of jealousy.
But why?
"I'll leave now. Keep up the good work"
Giselle smiled at him and then he turned to leave.
Olivia heaved a sigh of relief.
"Have you been holding your breath thus whole time" Giselle looked at her with wide eyes.
"I thought I was in trouble for real."
"I thought he was gonna talk about how bad I am at this."
"You're not bad. You just have a lot to learn. Even I do".
"You're still better "
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Giselle, on her way home, she couldn't stop wondering why Roderick was so sweet the other time.
He had always been cold.
She wondered why she cared about it.
No. She should stop. Her boss could do whatever he wanted and she has no say in the matter.
When she got home, was surprised at what she saw. Kimberly sat on the floor crying hard or rather pretending to cry hard. There were people in the house
What was going on. She needed to know what was wrong. Where was Jasmine and Samuel. She panicked.
She ran upstairs and saw Dr Lee.
"What's going on doctor?"
"Why is everyone like that?"
"Why are you here?"
"Answer me. What's going on?"
Tears rolled down her cheek she was scared.
The doctor didn't reply. She thought he was not helping.
She was Jasmine sitting to their father in his room. Suddenly she pushed the doctor and ran inside.
As soon as Jasmine saw her, she cried loudly. She screamed Giselle's name.
"Its not true, right?'
She couldn't hold her tears.
Giselle stood motion less. She couldn't move. It was like her heart stopped for a while.
What was she seeing?
Was that a dream?
Why was he there?
Why is he like that?
"What's wrong with dad? What's wrong tell. T...t...tell me"
She broke down in tears. That wasn't real right?
"The doctor said he's heart stopped beating.
He said father..." She couldn't complete her statement.
Samuel sat at the corn of the room crying silently.
Giselle ran to him in tears.
"Sammy, what's going on?"
Samuel shook his head.
"Father's gone"
"He's dead"
Hus words kept ringing in Giselle's ears over and over again.
She couldn't take it. She just couldn't. Just like that she passed out. All she could see was black. All black.
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Chris was already taken to the morgue.
Giselle was still unconscious.
Jasmine and Samuel stopped crying but looked terrible. Someone who lost a family wouldn't look good.
Kimberly on the other hand was still crying and screaming.
Everyone begged her to calm down but she didn't. It worsened.
After a few more hours Giselle opened her eyes. Thinking everything that happened before she passed out was a terrible dream.
No one except Jasmine was there. She sat there looking at Giselle. She already wiped her tears l. She tried her best to stop.
She noticed that Giselle had opened her eyes.
"Are you okay?' her voice was very low. And shaky.
"Where's dad?", was the first thing she said.
"It was a dream right?"
"What happened wasn't true, was it"?
Sadly, "it's dad true. Dad is longer with us" Jasmine started crying again. She was crying bitterly.
Giselle's tears quietly fell. She sobbed. But didn't move. She closed her tight.
For some reason she hated her self. She it was her fault. If only she took care of her father. If only she followed her instincts and took care of him. This wouldn't have happened.
She started crying loudly. She still couldn't believe. Or she didn't want to.
She felt sting in her heart.
The pressure was too much.
She cried all night.
"Its okay sis" Samuel tried to calm her down.
"How is it okay?" She couldn't stop the tears from coming.
She lost everything already. Her family.
Why was the world cruel to her.
What was she gonna do?
She was inside her room throughout the next day. She didn't talk and didn't eat.
She didn't feel. She looked really pale. Like she lost a lot of blood. She cried a lot and didn't have energy.
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Kimberly was alone in her room. She wore that wicked smile she always had when she plotted something bad.
"Now he's dead. I just need to take his little cockroach with him. She die and everything will belong to my children. All the money he secretly kept for his daughter, I shall take them and leave her with nothing. That's why I married him in the first place" she smiled to herself.
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Everyone tried to reach Giselle but it didn't go through. Some were worried about why she didn't come to work today and the nisy ones judged her instead.
"She wants to make it a habit, huh?"
"I wonder why the boss is not doing anything about it"
"Do you think they have an affair?
I mean, the boss is only gentle with her"
"The boss would never like someone like her"
"Yes he deserves better "
All these gossipers had been jealous of Giselle from the very first day she came to Blackwood industries. The achievement, complements and even solo projects.
Many of them has never had those before.
The whole day went and still no news from Giselle.
Olivia was worried. What if something had happened to Giselle?.
What if she was unwell.
Was she alright?
She wanted to check on her but didn't have her address.
She was panicking.
As for Roderick.....