Surrendering His Heart by David Horne

Author:David Horne [Horne, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-01-13T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

It was impossible to sleep after work. The dread that brewed in George’s stomach made it difficult to relax. The sudden appearance of Raymond made it difficult to concentrate on anything as trivial as snoozing. Returning to work the following day, Raymond wasn’t around. Instead, Ashley gave him a glaring presentation. George didn’t go into the men’s room immediately.

Instead, he followed Ashley to her office.

“We have a problem,” she told him. She dropped into the leather chair behind the desk.

In front of her were a hotel ledger and the deposit bag.

“Why aren’t you in your uniform?” Ashley snapped as if George’s appearance wearing a t-shirt and blue jeans was a shock.

“You called me into the office,” he told her without trying to sound bitter. “I didn’t have time to go change.”

“You need to stop changing in the men’s room on the first floor.” Ashley started filing through the ledger on the desk. She did not look at George when she added, “I’ve had complaints about you changing in there every day.”

George felt the interior of his cheek sting. His teeth broke the skin.

“The night deposit is short,” she announced. She slid the ledger toward George across the desk. He took a step closer to the desk to look at his handwriting on the document. “You’re short $100. What happened?”

“I don’t understand,” he told her. “I double count every day. I’ve never missed a deposit.”

“Well, maybe you were too busy last night.”

“I had someone show up here in the middle of the night and tell me you said to train him.” George never raised his voice to Ashley. He never challenged her. But his integrity was never turned or tarnished.

“Oh good,” she said, off-handedly. “Raymond showed up. I expected him to be here this morning.” She frowned at him. “You left without letting me know anything.” Too distraught by the experience with Raymond, George left without speaking to Ashley directly.

“I was surprised. You never told me the guy was coming in.”

“I don’t have to answer to you, George. You’re just the night auditor.” Her demeanor shifted from distaste to disappointment. Ashley’s calculated transition brought her back around to the original point. “Frankly, I’m not surprised your deposit is short. Your duties have been weak lately. I noticed you’re spending too much time socializing with guests and not as much time on your regular responsibilities.”

Ashley leaned back in the chair. Its spring creaked with the shifting weight. She removed a slip of paper from the desk drawer.

“I spoke to the owners today. They are concerned with the thefts in the hotel. They are very upset about the missing money from the deposit.” She slid the official document toward George across the desk. It was on hotel letterhead and printed from a PDF file. “They want me to make this official.”

“I’m not signing that,” George said. He read the contents of the reprimand. “I didn’t do anything wrong.”

Ashley retracted the document and wrote across the face of the letter.

“Refused to sign,” she read out loud.

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