New Friends

They drank as he walked around the office one last time to enjoy the view he was having. 

 

"You seem to be enjoying your office, sir," Ruth said before pausing her lips. She seemed to be enjoying her new boss and she was not hiding her excitement.

 

"Look. I know a lot of people out there don't like me and I know why," Greg said with a straight face. "I'm not pissed at that. I'm just saying that I know that many people here don't like me.

 

"They don't see me as a leader who can actually do something here and it sucks. But at the same time it hurts and I can't do anything but smile through the pain."

 

He noticed the awkward looks of the guards before him and he smiled sadly.

 

"I'm sorry for putting this on you. I don't have any friends. I've never had any and having you guys as my personal guards makes me wonder why I can't have you guys close to me and still not talk to you guys."