The accountant is fired after it is discovered that she was sleeping with the boss’ husband, writes EDDO

The boss came to work all puffy eyed yesterday. I could tell she had spent a considerable part of the night weeping.

I found that a bit shocking since to the best of my knowledge, she hadn’t lost a relative. And if what the accountant had whispered to me two days earlier was accurate, the business was doing pretty fine.

Why would a 50-year-old successful businesswoman, with a nice family to boot, come to the office with tears in her eyes? The family bit was evident from the framed pictures on her desk and the fact that her hubby dropped and picked her at the office every morning — never mind that she owned several cars with drivers at her beck and call.

I, however, quickly put her out of my mind because I had more pressing problems. My accountant hadn’t reported and her phone was off, yet we had an urgent meeting to attend to.

“Anyone seen Virginia?” I asked the admin assistant.

So far, she’d played it cool. Apart from a message she sent at 4am saying she missed me, she was all calm and professional at the office. Even the accountant was none the wiser about the fact that her ‘co-wife’ sat barely three feet away from her desk.

When our eyes met, she held my gaze — steady — with none of that shyness that comes when two people have done the nasty, more so if the nasty is illegal.

But this time, she looked at me with surprise in her eyes.

“You mean you don’t know?” she asked.

“Don’t know what?” I shot back stupidly.

Her voice dropped to a whisper. “Virginia was fired yesterday!”

“But why would anyone fire her without consulting me?” I asked hotly.

This is the bit I hate about being employed. Someone gives you a nice title and sticks a sign reading ‘manager’ at your door yet the truth of the matter is there is nothing that you manage and ‘power’ is only an illusion in your head.

Irony

“She was sleeping with the boss’ husband! She is even pregnant. When boss found out yesterday, she blew her top. She was so mad she practically threw her out of the building. You should have seen it. It was drama!” she reported, rolling her eyes and shifting in her seat excitedly to demonstrate the level of drama.

I couldn’t help it. I burst into laughter! First, Virginia was this dreadlocked chick who looked like a cross between a lesbian and a tomboy. She was also 24 years old and I suspect she only owns one purse.

Boss’ husband on the other hand, is this prim and proper chap — pinstriped suits, Italian shoes and severe look on his face to complete his large girth. Never would I have imagined him getting entangled up with Virginia, a little wisp of a girl with ‘geek’ written all over her.

But apparently, he not only did, but he knocked her up as well, right beneath his wife’s nose. Holly cow!

And that was only half of it. According to one of the drivers who dropped boss home because her husband did not pick her up for obvious reasons, she’d slept in a hotel.

No one worked that day although personally, I cursed because Virginia had slipped out of my hands yet she was on my hit list.

But they say every cloud has a silver lining because I was going to be involved in selecting her replacement. I intended to make it a beauty parade.