Second Chances

Rachel.

                  I go inside and see that the contract is there but the box is not. I start looking for it all through the room. There are two pink boxes, which are behind my desk, in a big storage unit. I open them, hoping that maybe one of them is mine, but it is not. I rush out of my office and look for Max. Finally, I find him. "Hey! Max.." He looks at me, "There was a pink storage box on my desk, where is it?" I ask him. He looks as if he did something wrong, and he doesn't answer. I look at him, waiting. "I put it into Miss Sara's office. She wanted a storage box, and I thought you didn't want it. I'm really....." I run to Sara's office before he could finish what he was gonna say, but I know that he was gonna apologize. I knock and find her sitting on her phone, texting someone, and laughing at what was just sent to her. "Hey, did Max bring you a pink storage box?" I ask her but she doesn't answer. I clear my throat and she turns her head to me, closing her phone. "What?" she asks still laughing, "I asked you if there was a pink storage box here." Her phone vibrates, and its screen lights. "Uh...Yeah. There." She pauses to look at her phone, "Why?" "It's mine. Can I give you one of the storage boxes that are in my office?" I tell her. "Yeah, sure," she laughs at what was sent to her. "What are you laughing at?" I ask her, twisting my mouth into a grin. Sara never laughs at anything, anyone sends to her. It must be from someone special or something really funny. "Nothing," she clears her throat and turns her phone on its screen. "Something is going on Sara, and I'm gonna find it out," I tell her, narrowing my eyes. She shakes her head and we both laugh. "I'm gonna send you someone with the storage box." As I'm about to head out, Zack stops me. "I was about to call you. We need to send the contract back to Second Chances." My heart is beating so hard and fast all of a sudden. "Okay, we could send Max or Ava or any other one with the contract," Sara says. I start rubbing both of my hands together nervously. "It would be rude." Zack says and I agree with him, "I guess so too," "Okay. Rach, you take it," Sara says and I raise my eyebrows. "Why don't you take it?" I ask her. "I have to go meet someone and I can't be late. Gotta go," she says quickly and takes her stuff and head out, throwing the both of us a blown kiss. I look at Zack. "Don't look at me. I have to look for furniture for my new home now. Why don't you go?" he asks me. "B-because-because... because..." "Because?" he asks me. "Ugh... fine. I'll go. I'm just gonna give it to Michael or something." I roll my eyes and Zack squeezes my hand for comfort.            

                  I go to my office and take the deal and my phone. As I reach the stairs, I freeze. All I can do is breathe but my breathing is heavy and fast. I put my free hand on my heart and close my eyes, I feel my heart beating fast as well. I start inhaling and exhaling slowly to neutralize my breathing. The voices around me are fading slowly until all I hear is my breath. "Sorry Miss Rachel," Yara apologizes and I'm back again at the office. I sigh through my mouth and I tell myself, you can do this. I go downstairs and as I do, my heart hurts me. I put my hand on the spot and start breathing in and out again. "Miss Rachel?" a girl with an optimistic voice says. I turn around, "Laura? Hi!" I hug her tightly. When we are apart, "How are you?" she asks, "I'm fine. How are you?" "I'm great. I didn't know you were back here. Are you here to get your job back?" she winks at me. "I'm working upstairs, I'm the founder of The Lost City actually, but my job back? Who got my job?" Could it be Miya?  I hope not. He cheated on me, yes, but he would never give my job to his mistress. "Is it Miya?" I ask her and I suddenly feel my eyes are burning. "No, it's a new manager, Miss Maria." I release a breath that I didn't know I was holding. "Oh, great! I wanted to see Mister Michael. Is he in his office?" I ask her. "He is in a meeting outside the office." "Oh...O-Okay, that's fine. I could wait for him," I don't want to give it to Justin. "He's not coming back here today. Is this the contract?" I nod and say, "Is this Miss Maria here at least? I could give it to her and get to know her a little too." She shakes her head, "But Mister Justin is here," she says. "Oh." That's all I can say, Oh, I'm not able to say anything else. I don't want to see him. I don't want to talk to him, I feel that if I started talking, I would cry. "I could give it to him if you'd like," she says. I hold the contract near me, "No, no. That's okay. I wanted to talk about some points with him anyway." I pause and there is this awkward silence, "So...I'm gonna go now but I will see you later," She smiles and nods. I don't know why I did so but I did. I start walking towards the office, memories start coming in a flash. Bad memories. Hurtful memories. But the one that is visible to me and hurts the most, is the one of him and Miya. I close my eyes and swallow the gulp that is in my throat as I'm almost at his office door. I knock at the door, my hands are shaking and my heart starts to beat faster. He is sitting at his desk with his camera beside him.