Who is she?

Curiosity killed the cat. That is what is what they say. What it meant was not totally death however it can make someone dead from the inside or disappointment in worse situation. Regret is a feeling that is so cruel that even tears do not heal it.

Click stop click stop click stop……

A sound came from a continues open and close of a click on pen. Alya starred intensely in a piece of paper. She has to memorize the address and note them down. These are the address of the different shop to supply the new flavor as a promotion. She has to create a report of the customers visit and how well they would impact, and which one would be the best place to start from and finalize three of them from the list as first batch distribution. She has papers spread out on her desk. Some on customer entry, two of them have tables on which time there is heavy traffic in the shop. She has a map open on her screen looking at it time to time and typing out the list of good points and rejected part in a separate window in a table sheet.

She is reminded of the board meeting. It was so serious, she had to go back to writing notes. The people were talking about the flavor and discussing whether it will be the best to supply. The round table was filled with people who had perfect suits adorned. She stood beside Helea she took notes in her phone notepad. Alya looked at Mr. Nolan Scott presentation to the meeting. Her eyes went to Brian, his eyes went all over the members. They had discussion but the board decided to try out the flavor first as a promotion before taking such a risk.

Back to present. It is hard to talk to Brian as a different person Alya somehow managed to keep herself neutral. But she gets outspoken accidently which is hard to control. She noticed Brian look at her with an irritated look. She is pretty sure he regrets hiring her. ‘But Brian you do not regret as much as I do’ thought Alya. she sighed and got back to typing it is getting there. The people beside her also look busy. They are partitioned by boards between each other. The office walls are all white. The furniture for the people have a white yellowish tint. The partitions look the same. Alya has her wall pinned up with so many note pads. In them there are scribbled down notes including times and names. Alya yawned she needs to get a coffee. The partition in front of her produced a head out. The head has a top bun and sticky note stuck to it. A pink one on the right a yellow one on the top. She laughed and pointed to her to remove it. Megan looked at Alya with a confused look her glasses almost falling down from her nose. She got up from her desk put a paper holder on top her papers not to let it blow away.

She walked over to her reached out and grabbed the notes from her hair and gave her.

“ Oh lord this is where it was” squealed Megan. Alya chuckled at her “Want to get some coffee?”

Megan nodded “ Yes please let’s get some I am getting stuck to this chair”. They walked into the small kitchen. They found a few of their colleagues talking and getting coffee. ‘Like minds need break at the same time’ thought Alya. They were talking about something. These days Alya have a habit of zoning out of office gossip and go somewhere else in her brain. Megan joined the gossip.

A word caught her ears. Cindy. She looked up and joined the circle to listen. Alya had a suspicion that Brian had someone before he came to hope. Aiden explained to the crowd “Brian was driving the car with Cindy. The winter road made the car to lose control curve and hit the tree. The rescue team came on time and took them to the hospital but there was a tragedy Cindy died in the hospital.” Everyone sighed and gasped. Alya felt a red alert on her head. She never asked Brian about this not to hurt his feelings. Now she realized why he was in that state. She was all wide eyed and dreaded every moment of it. She felt like it is something she should not have stepped on.

Aiden continued “ Mr. Heimlich disappeared after that when he came back, he got his sight back and joined the business.”

“But he has a fiancé now right how did that happen?” asked Megan. Alya felt a pang of pain in her. It was getting hard to control her expression, her mouth quivered, her hand shook, she hold the cup closer to her mouth to and drank in big gulps. The heat did not matter.

“ This is Cynthia, Cindy’s little sister they are a couple to join the companies together. They say she looks almost like Cindy. But more matured than her sister” said Aiden

“Tut tut we do not pay you for gossiping here get back to work” everyone but Alya looked back it was Helea rushing them back to work. “Sarah, you too is everything alright?”

“ Yes , I just need a moment I think I need to fix my lips. I will be back in 5mins” said Alya she slowly walked to the washroom hiding her eyes as much as possible bowing down.

She walked to the washroom and entered a stall covered her mouth as the tears fall. There were hiccups and body shaking. Sound almost came out she used another hand to cover her mouth.

She could not stop her tears no matter how she tried and screamed on her hand.