C4 Mixed Feelings

Ever since my first encounter with the girl at the elevator, on the day of the interview, I have been thinking of how to punish her.

“She just pushed me away. She doesn’t know who I am. I’m going to make her regret meeting me”.

“What do I do? How do I find her? Wait ..I remember she came for the interview”.

“Kent, are you okay? You’ve been smirking. Who offended you?”Davis asked Kent.

“When did you come in?”Kent said, turning to face Davis.

“Oh, I’m sorry. I forgot to knock”, Davis replied laughing.

“Well, what do I owe this visit?”Kent said dramatizing with his hands.

“Buddy, can’t I just pop in and out?”, he responded.

“Besides, what have you been up to? Yeah, that’s true, I saw you smirking. Don’t keep me in suspense, start talking buddy”, Davis said.

“There’s this girl…,”

“Wait, you’re in love?”Davis said, cutting him off.

“Hell no, I’m never going to be in love again. You know that well”, Kent said.

“Yeah, I know that. Alright, tell me about this girl”, he said.

“I don’t know her name. She bumped into me on the elevator. She didn’t care about who I was”, Kent said, getting pissed.

“Hey calm down buddy. I don’t get it”, Davis said.

“She bumped into me and just walked away. She’s different. I don’t know why. Other girls would want to be around me. Some would fake bumping into me and use it as an opportunity to get close to me. She feels different”, he said massaging his temple.

“Okay, that’s weird. Since she’s not interested in you and you’re not interested in any girl. So….?”, he said, trying to figure out what Kent was thinking.

“Well, I don’t know either”, Kent said.

“Alright, enough about her, let’s go have a drink, what do you think?” Kent suggested.

“Okay, okay. Let’s go”, Davis said getting up.

They both exited the office and left in their separate cars to the City Bar.

*****

The following days had been hectic and annoying for Kent. He didn’t understand why that unknown girl kept disturbing his peace of mind.

“What do I do to stop this? This can’t continue, I’m going crazy “, he said one night after coming home drunk.

“I keep seeing her everywhere. I just saw her tonight. I’m hallucinating, right?”, he asked himself.

He couldn’t make it to his room when he fell on the couch and dozed off.

The next morning, he woke up to see a young figure leaving his room. He immediately sprung up and went after the person. It was too late, the person left.

He went round the house but no clues were left. He immediately rushed to the bathroom to wash his face. After that, Kent checked his security camera and found no one.

“I really need to see a doctor. This is not okay”, he mumbled.

Immediately he dialed Davis' number.

“Hello bro, white code, white code..”, Kent said.

“White code? I’d be there in 5 minutes”, Davis said and hung up.

Few minutes later, a blue Mercedes drove and parked in Kent’s garage.

“Hey buddy, what’s the emergency?”, Davis said worriedly.

“Guy, I think I’m going crazy. I’m seeing things. I know I have nightmares but this is different. I feel haunted”, Kent said.

“Really?”Davis asked.

“Yeah”, he replied.

“Okay, calm down Kent. Tell me when this started”, Davis said.

“Remember that girl, ever since then. I think about her almost every time I see her, I dream of her”, he said.

“Woah, that’s serious”, Davis said.

“Do you know the funny part? I don’t even know her name. I know nothing about her”, he said laughing at himself.

“Hmm, that’s weird. You can’t remember any single detail about this stranger?”Davis asked.

“No, I don’t think so," Kent responded.

“Are you sure? Think, probably little details you wouldn’t notice”, Davis urged.

After a while of silence, Kent finally remembered.

“Oh, she said that she was almost late,” Kent stated.

“Hmmm, almost late, what day was that and what important event was going on in Hilton Company?” Davis asked.

“It was last week. There was an interview”, Kent said.

“Interviews?”Davis inquired.

“Yes, Interview for the company cleaners”, he said.

“Good man, looks like we’ve found her”, Davis said with a smile.

“Yeah, I guess”, he said.

“Ask for her details and hire her”, Davis said.

“Don’t worry bro, everything will work out well”, Davis assured.

“Thanks bro”, Kent said getting up.

“Do you want to drink?”, he asked.

“I want to but I have to be clean. I’m going somewhere. When I’m back, I'll see you. Take care “, Davis said and left.

From outside the house, Davis shouted; “Buddy, you do need a drink”

Kent laughed when he heard that.

The next day, immediately Kent arrived at work, he made his way to the HR department.

“Hello Miss Hennessy, how was the interview conducted last week?”, he said.

“Good morning sir, the interview was great”, she replied.

“Good, are the results out?” he asked keenly.

“Yes sir but we haven’t sent them to you yet”, she replied.

“Okay, let me see the results”, he said.

She got up and opened a locker. She handed the file to Kent. He scanned the documents, checking each picture on the profiles. Finally, a smirk landed on his face.

Holding out a particular document, he gave it to Miss Hennessy.

“Please, assign this person to clean my office”, he said.

“Miss Roxanna Hart?”, she asked.

“Yes. She resumes on Monday”, he said and left.

Back in his office, he looked out of the window and sighing.

“What do I do to you, Roxanna?”, he thought.

He didn't understand what was going on.