Chapter 1: Promotion

"Ugh, turn off the alarm", Janet said. " it's disturbing my sleep" Lying on her side, Megan groaned and reached across the bedside table, and turned off the alarm clock. She was preparing to turn to the other side and continue her sleep when she heard Janet say "You do know that today is promotion day at your workplace right?A gasp came out of her mouth and she hit her head in sudden realization and stood up to go prepare for work.

Megan hit the road by 7:30 and made her way to the bus stand as her car was still at the repair shop, following the little collision that she had last week on her way to work.

She got to the company by 8:00 and heaved a sigh of relief and stepped inside. On her way to the elevator, she met her coworkers and they went up to their department together.

She worked at G&S Group and was in the planning department where she worked as a deputy director. If all went well today, she would be promoted to become the Director.They went into their office to drop their bags and from there, they headed straight to the meeting room.

The meeting officially began when the vice president arrived. Their President was abroad for a meeting with other companies that they were planning to cooperate with. After tabling down some problems and dealing with them, they announced the name of those who were promoted, and she was promoted from deputy director to full-time director.

Soon, the working hours passed and Megan packed her stuff to go home. She had been busy all day moving into her new office as every director has his or her own office.

Megan had called her family beforehand to tell them that she would be coming home for dinner to celebrate her promotion with them.

When she got there, her parents were outside waiting for her, because she had called when she was almost at their home.

when Megan came closer to them, her mother exclaimed with a pout...

" Meg! Child, haven't you been eating well these days?"

"I have Mom, why do you ask?"

"You look so thin like you haven't been feeding well," Her mother said still pouting.

Meg laughed because of what her mom said and partly because she looked cute while pouting. Still, she decided to assuage her mom by saying... "I guess you could say that because no food fills my belly like yours does.

Mr. Brown, Megan's dad feeling ignored slightly coughed twice to indicate his presence, and it worked as Meg's attention immediately shifted from her mom to her dad.

" Dad! I missed you so much"He smiled slightly and said "We had better get to the dining room as we wouldn't want the food to get cold.

They were about to head inside when they heard..... "How could you guys think of eating without me"

They all turned at once to see a replica of Megan standing there, it was her twin sister Michelle and she was holding a bag that was filled with drinks. When they saw her, they all laughed and headed inside together .

Megan groaned while heading to the table and said" I can't wait to taste your food again mom, I have missed it so much!"

Her mother chuckled and said "You will have to wait till tomorrow then because your sister made dinner.

" What!" Mom! How could you let her do it, who knows what she made tonight?

"Sorry to break your heart sis but I have been learning from Mum for a while now so am quite great at cooking now. Anyways, I made Rice with fried chicken and salad. Michelle said proudly.

They all sat down around the table and started eating after taking two spoonfuls of Megan couldn't take it anymore and said " Okay, spill sis where did you order this food from?

Everyone at the table laughed at her words after which her mum said "She made it right here Meg, I supervised her or perhaps you don't trust my cooking skills"?

" I do Mum, it's just that the food is too tasty. Good job Mich.

After dinner, she conversed with her parents for a while before they went in for the night.

Meg was also preparing to go to sleep too when her sister called her back.

"Hey Meg, can we talk?

" Yeah sure, what's up?" Meg asked sitting beside her on the balcony.

Mich hesitated a bit before she said... "Actually.....I got set up this weekend"

"Wait! What! you mean like blackmail or something?" Megan asked feigning shock

"Uhm... I want to ask for a favor"

"What favor?" Megan asked again.

Mich hesitated for a while before saying"My dearest Megan, honey could you go on a blind date in place of me?"

"blind date? what blind date and with whom?

Michelle rolled her eyes after hearing her sister's questions and sarcastically asked

" If I knew who he was, would I still call it a blind date?"

"Why would I go on a blind date in place of you, I mean it's you they want not me.

" No Meg, they want one of us, they don't even know who is whom. besides you know I have a boyfriend, Bobby would be so mad if I went on this blind date also tomorrow is Saturday, and you don't work on Saturdays. Please do this for me, mmh"

Meg thought for a while then her face lit up and she said

"If I do it, will you give me that handbag you bought last week?"

Michelle sighed in frustration before agreeing "Uhm..... alright then, we have a deal"

Megan smiled and decided to go to bed, she took some steps and suddenly stopped. Then she turned around and asked her sister.

"Mich! If I go on the blind date and like him but then you find out that you also like him, will you drag him with me?

Michelle laughed and then said " How good could Mum's friend's son be? Anyways, even if he was the best guy on earth, I wouldn't drag him with you. We are one after all.

Megan nodded and headed straight to her room.