Stalking Sapphire by Mia Thompson

Author:Mia Thompson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FICTION/Thrillers
Publisher: Diversion Books
Published: 2013-02-12T16:00:00+00:00

Sapphire scanned a yellow skirt for the twentieth time and knew it would piss off Aston. He was getting agitated, starting to pace instead of just standing there and watching her shop.

On her way to see Charles’ brother, she hadn’t been able to shake Aston; he had hung onto her like a leech. He had waited for her as she stepped into the massive building, and he had watched her from the hallway as she went into her uncle’s office. Apparently, Gary had gathered everyone who was anyone in the conference room. Thirteen powerful men and a few women sat around an oval table staring at her as they walked in.

“What is this?” Sapphire asked as Gary ushered her through the room.

“These are the people who’ll be working for you, when you take over.”

All eyes turned to Sapphire.

“If I take over.” She passed out a smile to each of them but got none in return.

He motioned her toward the seat at the head of the long table and as she sat down, some of the people closest to her smiled, but the minute they thought she looked away their smiles fell, and their expression turned to contempt. Not that she could blame them. These people had spent their entire lives working at that company, killing themselves for years trying to move toward the top. They knew they’d be forced to watch as Petunia, a young inexperienced woman, waltzed in and was handed the position without any particular effort other than being born into it. Now, to them, it might not only be Petunia, but also Sapphire. Two young women, who knew nothing, could do nothing, and would steer their future from that point on.

Gary went on about the company, using a Power Point presentation, showing picture after chart after graph after boring statistic.

Every now and then, Gary cracked a joke about stocks, math, or some inside business lingo, and the thirteen men and few women eagerly laughed as loud as they could to please him. Sapphire didn’t. It wasn’t funny.

She sat silently trying to imagine herself there. It was close to impossible, like looking into an alternate reality where Sapphire was a normal person who wanted normal things. Is that what her life would be if she chose not to proceed with her hobby? Suits, charts, cash flow, and a room full of people laughing at all her bad jokes. It was exactly what she was supposed to be and supposed to want to be.

“Oh my God; just fucking buy something,” Aston moaned.

Sapphire had spent the last hour in one section of one store on the third floor of the Beverly mall. Boring as hell, but it would be worth it.

Aston sighed and she tried hard to hide a smile. He was on his third cup of coffee and hadn’t slept all night. It was going to be a piece of cake.

She grabbed a few items of clothing, whatever was closest to her, and took off toward the dressing rooms. Aston followed.

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