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Ladies, si we have come from far, yawa. Fresh out of campus, my friend Faith and I were lucky to have landed jobs right away. We reported to work on the same day. Our offices were divided by see-through glass. Unlike Faith, my office was right in front of my boss. Whenever I lifted my head, I found her staring at me.
On our first day, I texted Faith at exactly 1pm asking her to join me for lunch. As I switched off my computer to walk out, I heard someone shout, “Beryyyyyl! What are you doing?” I looked up wondering who would call my name that loud. The voice was coming from my boss’s office but I could not imagine it was her. I stood still for a while wondering what I had done wrong.
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