Chapter 21: Anxiety

After she had finished telling him that she was sure he was no one to talk to her the way he had just done she retreated to her bedroom and Claire was stunned to hear Isabella do that.
"Why did you do that Isa?" Claire came and asked as she tried to ask her friend how it felt to shout at the high and mighty Scott.
"He was getting on my nerves and I just couldn't hold myself back from shouting at him you know?" she replied but she without a doubt knew this was going to make Scott send her away but if she was sent away, where was she going to go?
"You think he is going to fire you?" Claire asked scared because she did not want to lose the only friend she had made since she began working there with her mother.
" I don't know, and honestly I'm scared. If he does fire me then that will be the end for me. I just broke up with my parents and I'll have nowhere to go" she said grinding her teeth and regretting her actions. Now she wished she would've just shut her big mouth up. She just had to keep her fingers crossed and hoped that by tomorrow morning, something better would have occupied her boss' mind.
The next morning reached so fast that Isabel thought someone had fast-forwarded the clock. She was lazy to get up from bed because she knew the fate that awaited her, she could as well start packing her miserable belongings now.
" Get up Isa," Claire said.
" Leave me alone, let me wallow in self-pity." she pulled the sheets above her head.
" The boss wants to see you," Claire said and Isa's head shot up immediately, every ounce of sleep vanished from her eyes and Claire gave her a sorry look.
" How did he look? Angry? Happy? " her curiosity got the better part of her.
" I don't know. He had this cold look so I couldn't tell." Claire said.
"It's finished. I'm done" she started sobbing as she woke up from bed and brought her luggage out and started throwing her things in it.
" Girl calms down, he didn't say he wanted to fire you." Claire tried to stop her.
" But he will. Might as well get prepared." when she was done, she took the luggage out to the living room where Scott was sitting as he took his daily dose of morning coffee. He looked up at her and closed the journal he was reading.
" What is this?" he asked her pointing at her baggage.
" Good morning sir, you called for me," she said.
" Yes you and not your baggage," he told her.
"Um I thought you were going to fire me," she said slowly as if she was counting her words.
" Fire....." he let out a chuckle then continued " I can't fire you, no, not yet. You haven't finished your debts so that'll be my loss and if you think next time you can talk to me anyhow then I'll advise you to retrace your steps and think long and hard." he said to her. Relief washed over her as she heard those words, you had no idea how she prayed and fasted yesterday night.
" Thank you, sir, it won't happen again. "she said.
" Oh no, it won't happen because if it does next time, I'll sell you off to have my money. " Isa's gulped. This man was capable of selling her? She asked herself.
" Anyway as you all know my wedding with Khloe is coming up so I expect you all around here to be on your best behaviour. I've had quite a series of complaints about you especially and I don't want your name coming up anymore as a subject matter. I will be leaving town tomorrow for a business trip. I don't want this house turned into a madhouse when I'm gone. I expect everything and everyone to be in order. Do I make myself clear? "
" Sure sir, absolutely." she nodded her head while her heart leapt for joy. A weekend without the devil boss but then again, she realized his devil wife will still be around. Ugh.
" Pardon ? " he asked. Oops, she closed her mouth. Did she grumble out loud?
" Nothing sir, you can count on us to keep the place in order," she said confidently.
The look on his face said he didn't believe her one bit.
" You're dismissed." he waved her off and she carried her luggage back into the room. She couldn't believe he forgave her for running her mouth yesterday. She quickly flung the luggage somewhere in the room and skipped off to tell Claire she was going nowhere.
She was in the kitchen baking some muffins when she suddenly remembered she forgot to reply to Curt's message when she got back. He must be worried about her. So, she pulled out her phone from her pocket and quickly sent him a text saying she got home safely. He responded with a funny sticker and it got Isa laughing loud like a loose mad woman.
" Whose making you laugh?" Claire sneaked behind her making her startled and her phone fell into the bowl of water which was in front of her.
" Shit" she cursed as she hurriedly removed it and tried to dry it.
" Oh my God, I'm so sorry Isa. I didn't mean to startle you. I'm sorry" Claire said as she sympathised with her over her wet phone.
" It's okay! Urghhhhh what am I going to do now? It's not a waterproof phone." the phone was an old Motorola Marco gave her to use because her old phone got smashed by her mum when she mistakenly burnt the bread she was baking. In her defence, she was occupied with many chores that she forgot about the bread in the oven. Her mother smashed her phone saying that it was because she was distracted by boys texting her.
" I read somewhere that putting a wet phone in a bag of rice helps," Claire said and Isa burst out laughing.
" That's the most ridiculous thing I've heard all my life," she said.
" Why don't we try it and see!" Claire took a plastic bag and filled it with rice then put the phone into the bag and sealed it.
" We'll let it sleep overnight, then tomorrow morning we'll see whether I'm a genius or not," she said feeling proud of herself.
" Don't get ahead of yourself, we're still to see if it works."
" It will! By the way who was making you all smiley and giggly? Oh oh I know is it that cute guy who dropped you off? " she said.
" Yes! He's the doctor I met in the hospital while I was attending to Lucifers" Isa said.
" Wait who's lucifers?" Claire asked and then realization hit her as she laughed so hard she dropped to the ground like a bag of rice.
" Oh my God! The name suits her perfectly," she said after she'd laughed her ribs out. She got up to her feet and said " I haven't seen her at all today! Wonder what she's up to!"
" I don't know and I don't care! I'm just worried I wouldn't reply to Curt and he might get worried " Isa said.
" Aw, you like him don't you?" Claire teased her wiggling her brows.
" No, stop it! I don't he's just my friend. " she defended herself.
" Like who?" Khloe's voice boomed in the kitchen as Isa and Claire pretended to get busy. Khloe came in and stood beside them and glanced at them then said
" So this is how you both spend your time gossiping instead of working huh? Is that why you employed her?" They both continued with what they were doing like nobody was talking to them.
" If you like keep quiet and pretend not to hear when I'm talking to you, when one of you gets pregnant there won't be any accommodations for you or your bastard baby." she flipped her hair and walked out of the kitchen.
" Blah blah," Isa mimicked her mockingly and earned a laugh from Claire.