Obsession and Desire

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to go to that nice job, even happier that I don't eve

fast as I can, that's the good morning from my beloved aunt, I have to leave with an hour mo

be careless so I can sneak in, I don't want to arrive sweaty at work, e

e other side and I feel how it twists, I scream from the pain, but I must continue or they will catch me, a few meters

the ground and swallows me, I arrive at the ALF company, as I lost my documents, I ask the watchman to h

aking fun of me? It was already fifteen minutes past eight, most probably I was going to lose my job for being late, Marta my immediate boss was a very co

have little vibrations, my foot is warmer, I try to stand up straight and walk back to the

ches me with his security

," he walks away, leavin

e cameras even in the bathroom, what made me

answer, hid

what are you doing at the company'

y and I lost my identification, all my documents were in the bag I lost, including my

left being your immediate boss, I already give the order to let you in, but I

er discharges, and there she is with her glasses on her nose, looking at me angrily, but with some

me, pretending to care about my condi

the train ticket off

r me to sign it, it was already the second one in a month, if I sig

ta Noriega, the human resources psychologist, will take over this department, with her you have no chan

ven have the money to go back home,

ta, I just dress like

to you, but I know we are not the same size, now please go to your office, you must deliver a repo

rsonnel and how to keep your brain balanced, something that was very

t for me to review, I'm hungry, cold, sleepy, tired, I just want

e night before, his temper was out of control, he had only slept five hours and did not manage to do his daily exercise routine, his maid did not have her breakfast on time because the waffle iron ha

ffice is located, he doesn't even greet anyone, everyone already knew that if

after that he has a meeting with Mr. Jones and his nephew Mario, then at ten he rescheduled virtual meeting, at 12 o'clock he has

y have clarity on my agenda, now, go on w

d he had not even remembered Camille, he was never an unprepared and unfriendly man, but Sunday had been a fatal day, that erase

he could, if she didn't turn in that report before one o'clock in the after

ing staff, usually the plant staff with their large salaries did not require such help, she did not eat breakfast that day, her stomach was crunching, but that Monday she w

she sends it to her boss, and she didn't get a cha

end of the report when he thought it was almost perfect, An

concentrate, just that morning was the change of boss, she had to deliver some reports to the presidency that were cos

THIS REPORT? “She shouts at

ed face, her eyes are glazed over n

ources, but I'm not sure who it wa

this report wrong has fifteen mi

r, yes

oks sympathetically at Camille, who i

o go to the boss, I wis

in the company was coming to an end, she was going to resign herself to

limp, her hair in disarray and her dignity on the floor. The women gossip around her and sneer, the men look

hes and make-up, they don't know what it's like to

o be there, she arrives and knocks on the door. She no lon

thick voice give

need me doctor?” Camille

k at her, he just yells at he

our report, do you need the company to back up your studies, you need

ays conclusion, that's why it says there, "to conclude this report". That

like saucers, his temper had not let him think about the yo

r? Why is she so pale?” Andy'

oot because my boss gave me a check without a signature! Without so much as a bite to eat today,

hy are you talking to me like that? I didn't know ever

te, they are all mean, just like you, arrogant and bad people” Camile frowns and wrinkles her mo

a professional and here I am treated like a miserable person, doing reports, not that my job is a sin, but I studied for

Andy If you want to, k

telling him, if he was having a bad da

ing has a solution. Please sit down” Andy points to the chair in front of him,

ke crying, but she won't let herself, she wasn't go

hort-term memory, I have to take note of everyth

igned check! It was a gr

what do you mean, unsigned?

t of her pocket and puts i

le to avoid forgery on the checks, I'll call the bank right away, I'll have that useless woman fired, thanks to her, lo

I always ha

s hand and hands the c

o cause you such an inconvenience,

nymore, now tell me, are you ill? Y

of water; I haven't h

without food, that was one of his policies, that'

to my office, I would have given her the cash deposit, plus in the cafeteria on the floor there are plen

ow what kind of world you live in that you dream that all employees are tre

that. Now I'll give you a few more dollars as part of the company allowance and buy the

f, but to go to the hospital, I had an accident, look at my foot and thanks to your report I have not been able to take care of it, it is certain that I need a medica

lessness and lack of self-respect, what

and her socks a bit old, her pants are of a rather old fashioned fabric, for him, This woman was in extreme poverty, he starts to pull up the sleeve of his pants and notices that Camille h

unconsciously cannot help but touch her skin a little more, his eyes are now con