" It is not that bad. " Maisie said after she got over her first reaction and immediately try to do damage control with her friend.
" Try again. You didn't convince me and right now, I am almost on a plane heading to you. " Betty said.
" What about your family. " Maisie asked.
" They will understand, they always do. " Betty replied and Maisie could hear some shuffling in the background.
" Tell me you are joking. " Maisie pleaded.
" Well, I am not. "
" Everything is fine. I can handle it and did you forget what will happen to me if you come to visit me. "
" I am not coming for a visit. I am staying. " Betty told her.
" Be serious. " Maisie snapped at her friend, already at the end of her limit. Her apartment was a dump and she had just two days to fix it before she had to go to work, she was wasting precious minutes trying to convince her hard-headed friend that she will be fine on her own.
" I am completely serious. " Betty replied in an equal measured tone as if it was Maisie who was trying her patience.
" Your family will hate me. " Maisie said after taking a deep breath so as not to quarrel with her friend.
" That is as much of a possibility as them disowning me which will never happen. They love you to pieces. " Betty told Maisie what she already knows.
" Please I am begging you, give me a week then I will tell you everything about me in a video call. When you see the place then, you can decide if you want to come here or not because I need help. Whatever your decision is. I wouldn't try to change your mind. "
Berry remained silent for a few seconds and Maisie knew it was not to think about the offer.
She was finding a better way to see if she will bend the situation to please herself. Betty proved her deduction right with her next statement. " if I do decide to come. I can do anything I want with your apartment. "
" Done. "Maisie agrees immediately.
" Fine. " Betty said as they said their goodbyes and hang up.
Maisie looked around her as she tried to figure out what to do first. There is no way she will allow Betty to have free reins, she would go overboard. The best way to stop her was to make her apartment splendid and that was what she planned on doing. When she was done with that task then she will meet her realtor and rain down chaos on the firm for what they put her through by lying to her.
*******
The last two days had been nothing if not hard for Maisie, she was pleased with her work on her apartment. Betty would not find anything wrong with the apartment. Now all she had to do was to arrange her stuff within the next five days. Her Realtor was a real bitch. When Maisie had brought up about the condition of the house. The Realtor reminded her that she told Maisie that the apartment was a little rough around the edges so Maisie really couldn't do anything about the agency. They did warn her even though they did it in an unethical way, she knew that she couldn't blame them.
Now, Maisie spent the last half hour getting ready for her job. She did this with a smile, she was finally going to be able to say that she has gotten her dream job and she was enjoying it. She smiled as she put on her black heels, one of the few good pairs she had. With her salary of next month, she had budgeted it for food, clothes, and transport, then her next salary after that will be for her savings and other minor expenses.
With a smile at her mirror, she stepped out of her room and nearly twisted her ankle in a bid to escape the mess she saw on her front door. There was something brown right where she almost put her leg and from the smell of it, she knew that it was poop. She looked around and saw a dog grinning at her. Maisie narrowed her eyes at the door, but the dog stepped into the apartment he was standing in front of.
Marching to the apartment, Maisie tried to control her temper on the way, it wouldn't do her good if she got on the bad side of her neighbors within a week of moving in. Still she pounded on the door and the person within took his sweet time before opening the door and when the door was flung open, she found herself staring at the chest of a man. " what. " the irritated voice asked her and she tilted her head to look at the man with the sculpted chest and she knew without feeling her cheeks that they were red as she felt a blush rising. She had been ogling her neighbor chest and she was not that type of girl.
" Y-yo your dog " Maisie stammers.
" What about Axel. " the man said with that irritated tone.
" He pooped in front of my door. " Maisie said as she tried to make her voice as firm as possible.
" So, you could have cleaned it. " the douche standing in front of her said.
" Excuse me. " Maisie asked hoping that her ears heard wrong.
The man shrugged as he replied. " the time you stood banging my door. You would have cleaned it up. "
" As you can see, I am not dressed for that kind of activity. I suggest you clean it up since it is your dog. " Maisie replied frostily.
" Fine. I will. " the man said before he slammed the door close on her face.
Maisie good mood was evaporated as she stumped to the elevator. She hoped the rest of her day was better than her meeting with the douche neighbor.
On getting to her working place. The incident of that morning was already far from her mind. What occupied the front row of her mind was how she would introduce herself. She didn't delude herself thinking that she is the best but still, she knew that she would have to prove herself useful and memorable and she plans on starting right from the beginning. With a memorable introduction.
" Hello, my name is Maisie... " Maisie started only to be cut short.
" New intern. " someone asked.
" Not really, I was offered a job here while I was still in school about six months ago. " Maisie said.
The man who asked her if she was a new intern scoffs: " one of Zachary's attempts to introduce new blood. At least, we can see what he saw in this one, she is easy on the eyes. Put her in Huggins team, let's hope he will make good use of her looks. " the man concluded as a woman who sat close to the man stood up.
" This way Maisie. " the woman said as she left the room. Maisie turned to look at the man but the man was already focused on the documents before him, Maisie rushed after the woman and meet the woman in front of a door. She opened the door and stepped inside. " Mr. Huggins, your new team member. Try not to get the firm in trouble this time. " the woman said as if she meant the exact opposite, she turned on her heels which would look better on a runway show than a law office and left the room.
Maisie took a deep breath and looked at her new team who were looking at her in disgust and scowls. " hello, my name is Maisie Williams. "
" Nice to meet you. Miss Williams " a short pot-bellied man said not to her face but her chest.
" Err, the same to you? " Maisie said with a question visible in her tone.
The man pulled his eyes up. " can you get some files from the secretary on the Winston case. She will direct you on your future duties. "
Maisie stood with her mouth opened in shock. They plan on using her like a secretary!
Maisie collapsed on her bed as soon as she entered her apartment. She let out an ugly sob, her day was horrible, and it was the worst day of her life. They didn't plan to make use of her brain. All they wanted from her was to stand in a corner and look pretty like an ornament. At first, she had thought that they planned in using her as a secretary but apparently, they were not even thinking about that. She must be a dumb bimbo to them, she asked about the boss. The person who wrote to her about her employment but the news she had received was disheartening. He was in a coma and as a well-known womanizer, the only reason he could give a job to her was because of her figure and not her brain. She wasn't sure if she was glad for the job now. Maybe she should have taken her chances and applied for other job interviews, she might have gotten a firm she would be happy in. In
Maisie entered her apartment slowly, she was in a good mood today after she was given the case, nothing could have spoiled her mood even when she heard some bitchy women at work who were saying that she had already opened her legs for Mr. Huggins and that was why he gave her the case. Maisie would have been angry, but she knew that they were just jealous and irritated because they knew that within a short period that she is going to outshine them. Now the bubble she was in while she was in work has slowly faded away, each step she took to her apartment was filled with dread, but she refuses to back down. It was her apartment, and something was wrong with it. Or so her senses tell her, but she would be damned if she is forced to leave her apartment because of a mere feeling. First, if she does leave the apartment, Betty will either be as worried as possible and come to stay wit
When Maisie was at work that day, she made some points about what was happening to her apartment. It seems illogical that someone will try to freeze her on her apartment. But she couldn't deny the knowledge that something was sure going on.And when she reached her apartment to see if she could stay there that night or at least make sure she had a proper attire for the next day of work. She just snapped when she felt the usual cold.What she didn't expect was to see the most beautiful man she had ever seen appear in front of her. She stood frozen as she tried to assimilate what her eyes were seeing. A man appeared in front of her. " Hello. "the ghost, man thing said and in reply, Maisie's eyes rolled up and she fainted.**** When she woke up, Maisie wasn't sure what was happening, but she knew
" Hey leave me alone, you brute. " Maisie said angrily as she stomped back into her apartment two hours after she had taken off. Zach had made sure that she was not taken seriously and when she tried to admit herself into a psychiatric hospital, he had made sure that the doctors didn't believe. Instead, they told her that she must have been too stressed lately and she should take a couple of days off to recuperate. And when they told her that if she chooses to stay that it will show up in her records, she calmly went home. " Do you believe me now? Nobody can see me apart from you and I am not a figment of your imagination. " Zach said as she glared at him. " Why me? " Maisie asked angrily. " Why not torment some other poor person? Why does it have to be me? " " Beats me if I know. " Zach replies. " if I could have chosen who will see and hear me, you would not
A month later, Maisie was thanking her luck for meeting Zach, his suggestion about her handling her boss worked perfectly well, and he was turning into a close friend... Okay, he was already a close friend second to none except Betty and that reminds her. She needs to call Betty; the girl has started suspecting that something was going on that her best friend was not telling her which was true. How can you tell your best friend that there is a ghost that lives in your apartment and you are friends with the ghost? Especially when this best friend knows that every male in your life who had shown kindness to you, you ended up falling for the person. No, Maisie agreed again with her former thoughts, there was no way she would tell Betty that she was sharing her apartment with a ghost and besides she isn't dumb enough to fall for a ghost.No matter how much he gets her, or how amazing his brain is, or how he manag
Four months laterMaisie povI love Zach, I don't know how that happened, but I just realized that somewhere along the line I have fallen for him. Oh God, I was supposed to know better than to fall for a ghost. I was supposed to know better than to stay with a ghost and I just realized this in my office when my gaze fell upon my picture on my desk, in the picture was my apartment but what people don't see is that Zachery was in that picture.I remember the day I took that, we were trying to see if I could see him through the lens of a camera so I took a shot and I didn't see him through it but I knew he was there and that is why that picture in on my desk and I am grinning like a lunatic as I look at the picture.Four months and I am still in the same firm, things have gotten better. I have a group of colleagues that I hang out w
Maisie arrived at her apartment eager to see Zach, she made up her mind while she was in work that it was time they got serious with looking for Zach identity, she had to let him go no matter how much she loved him, that was what true love was all about. Zach needs to know about himself. " what's with the face. " Zach asked the moment he saw Maisie face. " Nothing. " Maisie said but Zach was not convinced. Something was going on with Maisie and she was determined to hide it from him. He could try to find out what it is and he would succeed but he decided to give Maisie the space she was indirectly asking for. " So how was work. " Zach asked. " it is getting weirder. Remember that case I was telling you about, apparently, it is bigger than I expected, and I feel like executives are among. " Maisie tells Zach as Zach nods.&nb
The next day at work Maisie was still feeling down about Zach's girlfriend. She knew better than to hope that while he was alive, he was single and still these thoughts didn't improve her mood. She went through all the motions at work and before she knew it, it was closing time but she wasn't ready to go home yet, so she stayed behind with few of her colleagues as she works on her case. " Maisie can you go and get us some paper from the copying room. " a female lawyer who has always been mean to her said in a sickly-sweet tone. " You are closer to the door. " Maisie replied in a naive tone although she knew what was happening. It always happens in all organizations, where the new employees are treated as if they are lesser by being made to do all sorts of odd jobs and the bulk of paperwork. She would have been stuck under mountains of paperwork if