"She is not around" I answered with a raised eyebrow. After which he left without any other word. Why would he be looking for the manager? The thought lingered in my subconscious. I was working as a receptionist in a water bottling company.
Few days passed, the same man with button down shirt visited again, this time he was in jeans and polo. Luckily enough the manager was around.
"Hello! Can I meet the manager" He asked with a cold expression, this time he had glasses on which made him look like a nerd. But his composure and intimidating height made him look older, probably 35 or 38 not too sure.
"Give me a minute let me call her" I walked down the hallway to the extreme door at the right for the manager's office. I knocked and a voice responded for me to come in.
"Excuse me ma'am, someone is here to see you" I delivered the message looking at my fingers as I knew the next response. I haven't gotten any valid information to approach her.
"Who is the person?" Like I expected , the question came in. I was now playing with my fingers still looking down, call me clumsy. That will be fine.
"I don't know, but he was here last week looking for you. He is dark, tall and has some glasses on" she recited the description with an expression on her face that says I don't know who you're talking about. I was battling with my inner thoughts, she might send me back to get valid information. I can't stress myself walking down the hallway again. I didn't want to go through that. I slightly panicked.
"Ok, I will be there" I exhaled a heavy breath I didn't know I held onto and walked back to my office. I found him still standing at the counter.
"She's coming" I continued what I was doing earlier before he interrupted. The manager walked down to my office before going outside to see the person. She was 34 years old but she looked sweet 16 with her perfect honey-like skin which doesn't age with age. I was sure she was spending a lot to keep track of her daily skin care routine.
After what seemed about 30 minutes she was back in my office with a brown envelope in her hand. Even though my manager was strict we had a good relationship.
"His looking for a job" I widened my eyes in disbelief, why would someone like him be looking for a job here, this place isn't for him, I kept screaming in my head, I earlier thought he came for business or other stuff but not to work here.
"I'm skeptical about employing him, what do you think?" Probably my manager saw what I saw. When did I suddenly become a consultant for employment?
"Give him a trial" I managed to mutter, deep down I would have said no, it wasn't necessary but I found myself saying otherwise. I didn't have any clue what was going on in his life. But he's big enough here, he looked like a CEO of a company, that was what I thought the first time he came.
Few days later, he started working with us in the factory. Not bad enough but I kept staring at him whenever I saw him. I couldn't place why but something was amidst.
"Can you help me plug my phone?" he asked, I wanted to say no but I found myself collecting and plugging it as there was no other socket he could help himself out. Within that day it was just can you give me my phone, can you plug it. It was a constant disturbance for me as I couldn't focus anymore. I'm not a courier. I kept screaming in my head. Finally I had the courage to talk to him.
With a grimace on my face "please I don't like disturbance, I can't help you anymore to plug your phone. Find another alternative" I took a deep breath, I was free but I felt bad like I was making a bad decision. I know I can be selfless but not anymore.
He looked at me one more time and muttered an ok before he disappeared. I didn't see him for some time . But it seems we have suddenly become enemies. We repel the same emotions, we don't greet each other, we don't even talk to each other. It seems I don't even exist like him either.
Few days passed, I took an excuse to travel, which took 3 weeks for me to come back. I didn't wish to come back to the company but I found my legs dragging me in that direction.
"Welcome back" he said with a smile on his face, why was he smiling? I thought to myself. I tried to smile back but it came out like a smirk.
"This place have been full of drama since you left." Now he's gisting me, I settled in to listen to the conversation he was about to start. My ears itched to hear more. He continued talking as I kept nodding in between but he was interrupted as his attention was needed but he promised to finish up later.
After work, I saw him walking home. I tried calling on him so we could walk home together. That was when my brain responded blankly. I don't even know his name, it was awkward.
I increased my pace to meet up with his long legs, and finally I caught up with him. I smiled at him.
"My name is Chris" he said to me, I felt so embarrassed, probably he noticed I was trying to reach out to him and ever since that day we became good buddies with good vibes. I never thought he had such sweet personality coupled with his intimidating height.
