The Loyalty Test
Author's Notes: Thank you all for the help and support in making me
better at my hobby.
Tim Rodgers was still ecstatic when he hung up the phone and went to
his computer. He opened up a new Word document to start his exit
strategy from his job. He just got done with a productive conversation
from the Dean of Business at Northeastern Wesleyan University. He was
offered a full time professorship chair there. He could not wait to
start making his plans and also tell his wife the great news.
Tim still loved his job, but not as much as he used to. His heart was
just not it anymore. The higher up he went up in management, the more
he lost his passion for forecasting. He loved working with the numbers
and with each promotion, he got to do so less. He had to do more
supervision, which he felt was just being a glorified babysitter. He
had to go to more meetings, which he felt was just the other upper
managers scheduled to feel important. Lastly, the cog in the machinery
had to do more paperwork, which made him feel like he was just a
bureaucrat doing busy work.
With him feeling so withdrawn from what he was originally hired to at
this company, the less he wanted to be there. Tim was dreading the
rumors of he was up for the final promotion he could get were true. If
what people were talking about at the water cooler was true then He was
going to go from President of Production and Quality Control to being
the CEO of Paulson Corp.
That was another reason he was conducting a job search, he did not want
to be offered the job. He knew if and when he was offered the job he
would turn it down. People did not believe him when he said so.Tim
could not blame them for he has said this each time he was offered a
promotion and took it anyway.
This time it was different, he knew he would decline the job. He now
had no reason to take it. He was financially secure for the rest of his
life. His house was paid off, his youngest son was in his last year of
college. He actually had more of a social life. With all his friends
also being empty nesters they were able to socialize more often.
Lastly, his priorities had changed, he did not need to prestige which
went along with getting a promotion. He was no longer worried about
keeping up appearances. He much rather spend his time with his wife and
friends than running a company which needed of major changes.
Tim felt so relaxed as he started to write the timeline of his
departure.
Chapter 2
Tim was finishing putting the timetable together for his departure and
going on to writing his letter of recommendation for Naomi Bonilla, his
personal assistant. He hated that her job title was personal assistant
for she was far more than a glorified secretary. He wanted to recommend
that she got the promotion to senior Production Manager. She knew the
job and filled in when the current one and with Tim leaving the current
Production Manger should be the one to get Tim's old position.
Tim heard his door open and saw Naomi come in with some more paperwork.
As always he got up to meet her to get the paperwork. Tim liked to
start looking at what he needed to read while walking, for some reason
that got him more engaged into it. Tim thank her for delivering the
paperwork and started to look at it.
Naomi told her boss to turn around for she thought she saw a smudge on
his face. Tim turn around and Naomi got in closer to inspect his face.
Tim was wondering why she was so close to his. Then she went in to kiss
him. Tim tried to stop her but could not. He pushed her away and asked,
"What the fuck are you doing Naomi?"
Right after he said that he heard his wife ask him the same question.
He looked in shock and saw his wife, Tabitha, with Faith Paulson, the
current CEO of the Paulson Corp. The man in the compromised position
said, "My Tabby, I do not know why but for some strange reason Naomi
kissed me and I pushed her away..
Naomi, with tears running down her face said, "You are lying, you
kissed me Tim! You been trying to get with me for a while and this was
not the first time you made a sexual advancement on me. I am so sorry
Ms Rodgers."
Tim could not believe what he was hearing. He started to deny it and
Faith told him to go straight to her office they needed to talk. Tim
started to object to it. Faith did not listen to him and told him to
get out right now.
Tim left the room feeling furious and dejected. He was mad that he was
not going to be part of the conversation about what happened. He was
sadden that Faith, his friend of over 25 years, was so dismissive of
him. His dejection grew as he walked past his wife. As the man who was
set up walked out of the office, his wife had a hurt look on her face
and with her voice cracking said, "How could you do that to me?"
Chapter 3
When Tim was out of earshot, the ladies started to talk. They laughed
and agreed that he bought that they were all mad at him. Faith thank
both of them for going along with her plan. Naomi told her she was
welcome and was happy to be helping the company. Tabitha also welcomed
her and said she understood why she needed to do this to her loving
husband. Both Naomi and Tabitha were not admitting to themselves a huge
reason they went along with pulling this con, for themselves, Naomi was
going to get a huge promotion out of being part of this test and Tabby
was going to move up in the social circle by being the wife of the CEO
of one of the biggest employers in the valley. They waited ten minutes
and all went to do their next part of the plan.
Faith put what was just put into action as a loyalty test to Tim. She
was forced to step down as CEO of the company which her grandfather had
founder 70 years ago. The board of directors has picked Tim to be next
CEO and Faith just wanted to make sure that he was the right person for
the job. She also wanted to her frustration out on Tim that the board
thought he could do a better job at steering this company into the
future than she could.
Faith was just the third CEO of the company. Her Father and Grandfather
were the other two. The hurt woman told herself that she wanted to make
sure that the first non Paulson who was CEO was totally loyal to those
around her. Loyalty was extremely important to her. Whoever was
appointed to be CEO would be the first outsider to run her family
empire and needed to know she had their unwavering devotion. She was
willing to go to the extreme to make sure the right person was picked.
Faith stormed into her office and started to read the riot act to a
confused Tim. She was reaming him and her mark could not get a word in
edgewise. In her lecture to Tim Faith said, "Tim I am so disappointed
in you, you know this is going to be a huge legal issue for Paulson
Corp.
Naomi said you told her she needed to always wear a dress and look
ladylike at work. That made me sick hearing that poor girl tell me it.
It is so ironic that the man She talked about how disappointed she was
in Tim, that this was going to be a huge legal issue for the company.
It was sickening to me to hear that you told Naomi that she needed to
wear a dress at work all the time and be more ladylike. It is ironic
that man, and I use that term loosely, who put together the sexual
harassment seminar for the company is now an offender.
You should have never did one sexual advancement on your subordinate ,
yet alone kept on doing so when she turned you down. You want to know
the worse part. That your loving and faithful wife had to see you be a
predator . Faith went on to tell Tim he should have never kept on
pushing his sexual advances onto his subordinate.
You better get yourself a great team of lawyers for not only will Naomi
be suing you, I am going to look into suing you for what you did to my
family's company and I think your wife will be filling for a divorce. I
hope that little kiss was worth everything it is going it cost."
Tim was not worry about lawsuits or losing his job. Those lawsuits
would be thrown out of court for Naomi could not prove her lie and he
had another job lined up. He was worried about his wife. He knew the
heart of his better half must had been broken from seeing Naomi kissing
him. He also knew that his wife would believe him once she has a chance
to recover from the pain.
His wife, his Tabby. She was the reason he worked so hard and was able
to move up the corporate ladder. He loved her with all his heart and
wanted to provide everything she ever wanted or needed. Her support
gave him the strength to work those long hours. Her giving up a career
to raise their family made him able to ensure he did his best at his
job. She gave up her goals to be the best mother and wife she could be
so he made sure he was the best father and husband he could be.
He could not believe she was at the office. This was the first time in
the 22 years he has worked for Paulson she showed up at the office. He
was too concern about her feelings to even question why she was there.
Faith's phone rang and she answered it. She walked away from Tim for
some privacy. It was an one way conversation. She kept on agreeing with
whoever she was on the other line with.
Faith hung up the phone and said, "Timmy you are a lucky bastard. Naomi
said she is not going to file a sexual harassment lawsuit as long as we
follow the settlement which she came up with. She now has your
position,President of Production and Quality Control, and you will be
her personal assistant. Timmy, you will also dress like a woman at work
until she feels you have learn your lesson.
Your wife has agreed that you should do so to show your loyalty to her
and this company. To show your wife that you have true remorse for your
philandering ways.
This will start tomorrow. Your wife has been so kind to go buy you an
outfit for work and you can go home right now to start to get ready.
Timmy, Don't worry about the other workers seeing you at first. You can
still use the executive elevator and until you get comfortable dressing
how you wanted Naomi to dress I will keep all of them off of our level.
Unlike you I do worry about other people's feelings."
Tim hated that he could do nothing about Faith talking down to him.
That minor annoyance was overpowered for the man who just got berated
was relieved to hear the conditions until he found out about the
dressing part, He was ready to quit that moment. He quickly changed his
mind when he heard his wife wanted him to do it. His Tabby, he would do
this for his wife. It will not be long. It can't be. Faith knew the
kind of person he was and so did his wife.
Tim said, "Ok Faith."
Faith scolded him, "Timmy, you do not call me Faith anymore. You call
me Ms Paulson from now on, understood?"
Paul said, "Yes Ms Paulson"
The newly demoted man left the room fuming. Tim was pissed off that his
friend did not hear him out, that she was not loyal to him and she saw
the worse in him. He was disappointed and angry at Naomi for setting
him up. He hated himself for somehow he did not see how much of a
conniving bitch Naomi was. He was upset at the universe for the dumb
luck of his wife seeing that.
Chapter 4
Tim got home and found his wife waiting for him. He saw shopping bags
on the table. He was too dismay to question how she shopped for his new
outfits and got home before him. The man in the his wife's dog house
started to tell her that she had to believe him. Tabitha stopped her
husband and said that she was too mad to talk to him about anything
else other than getting through tomorrow. That he is lucky to be in the
house right now and they had too much work to do to get him ready.
Tim agreed with her. The perceived philander did not want to upset her
anymore and knew once she calmed down she would listen to him. Tabby's
husband loved how understanding she was and how well she knew him. He
knew that her love for him will help her find her trust in him again.
She told Tim to go take a shower and gave him a some Nair. The hurt
wife explained how to use it and made sure he knew, other than his
genitals, it was for his entire body. Then after he was done to meet
her in their bedroom.
Tim went up to take the shower and Tabitha was upset. She did not like
seeing her husband this down. She only went along with this for he was
going to get to be the CEO. The social climber told herself her better
half worked so hard to provide for her and the family that he deserved
to get that promotion. Tim was strong and could go through this day of
hell. Hell she knew many people who would do a lot more to be CEO of a
company which is almost worth over a couple of billion dollars.
Tim took the shower. He hated how the nair felt on his skin. It was
warm and tingled in a funky way. He then washed his body hair off. He
could not stand seeing it just wash away from water. He was disgusted
when he felt how smooth his legs were.
Tim met his wife in their bedroom and said, "What is next Tabitha."
Hearing her Timmy call her by her proper name set the conniving wife
back some and asked, "My Timmy, why did you use my full name?"
Hearing his wife call him by her favorite pet name for him set Tim
back. The man walking on his wife's broken heart was not going to ask
his wife why she did so. He did not want to tempt upsetting her any
more. The unknowing test taker said, "I know how much you hate me
calling you anything other than Tabitha when you are mad at me."
Hearing how considerate her husband was being stopped Tabitha in her
tracks and cursed herself for forgetting how much she hated being
called by her pet name when angry at her husband. She got a gut feeling
that she should abort this test right now. The loving wife talked
herself out of it by saying it was for Tim and she could feel a little
hurt so her husband could get that huge promotion. Tabitha said, " I
wish that you would have been more considerate of my feelings when you
wanted to kiss Naomi."
Tim went to defend himself but did not. He knew he would have to take
everything which Tabitha said to him for she was hurting bad. He looked
down in shame for something he did not do. Tabitha looked away from her
husband. She hated that she once again falsely accused her husband of
cheating on her and added to him feeling down.
Tabitha hated how she felt and try to console her husband to feel
better about herself. "Tim we are all human and you made a huge
mistake. I just need some time before we talk about it. I know I will
forgive you, but I am just too mad at you at this moment. Trust me this
ordeal will make us a stronger couple and we will be in a better place
in our relationship soon from it."
Her words did nothing to change Tim's mood. She was concern about how
down her husband was but had some reassurance for she knew this will
not be long and Tim would be richly rewarded for his suffering.
Tabitha then helped Tim put on the pantyhose. He could not stand how
they felt on his legs. It felt like they were restricting them. He
could not understand why anyone would want to wear them. He dare not
ask that for it might upset his wife.
Then they went on to rest of the outfit Tim and he hated every part of
it. The panties were too tight, he had no room down there. The padded
bra dug into his shoulder.The skirt made him feel exposed plus there
were no pockets in them. The blouse felt wrong on him. The suit jacket
felt decorative for it had no buttons. The heels made him feel like he
lost his coordination. He felt totally wrong in this outfit.
The beaten man stood their sulking. He tried to hide it but could not.
He was disappointed in himself for he could not be mature enough to be
comfortable in those clothes for his wife. Tabitha saw how much
discomfort Tim was in and told him to change. Tim said, "I cannot
change, I need to get comfortable wearing these kind of outfits. I will
be doing so for the foreseeable future."
Tabitha said, "I do not think this will be for long, Naomi is just hurt
at your actions It is more to make a point."
Tim inquired when he said, "What point?"
Tabitha answered, "You should not tell women how to dress."
Even with being a strong man and wanting to take all these false
accusations to protect his wife's feelings, the man in a dress could
not take it anymore and asked, "Do you think I would say that to
anyone?"
Tabitha knew he would not. Her husband was a man of integrity and would
not tell others what article of clothing they had to wear. She lied to
her husband and said, "I do not know."
Tim was hurt hearing her say that for how much he defended his
daughter's right to wear whatever she wanted. How many times did he
said in front of his wife that the clothes does not make a person who
they are. How could she forget him saying those things?
Tim felt his sadness turning into anger so he excused himself to the
study to read. The upset man needed some alone time to recenter his
emotions.
Tabitha so wanted to comfort her husband and not let him alone to stew
in sadness and dejection. The caring wife said, "Tim, come on let us
watch some television together. Supper is almost ready and you will not
be able to get much reading done."
Tim said, "I am going to skip supper tonight, I am not hungry at all."
Tabby did not know what to do, she did not want to guilt him into doing
anything else but she wanted to be by his side to make sure he was
alright. Tabitha went with a compromise when she said, "How about after
I eat you join me and we will watch anything you want."
Tim was confused by that offer. Tabitha was acting like he was wronged
and not her. He told her that he will join her after supper but she got
to pick what they watched. She grudgingly agreed.
Tim went into the study and Tabitha called Faith to ask her to end this
loyalty test. Faith told her no and explained why. That Faith needed to
not only hear that Tim would do it but see him go through with it. She
was going to trust Tim to run a company which is fully owned by her
family.
Paulson Corp was divided three ways, her aunt and uncle with a fourth
each and her dad with a half. That she was going to trust Tim to be in
charge of making sure he can keep over 2,500 well paying job in her
hometown. That it is worth Tim having a bad day to ensure that he was
the right person. Think of all the people who will have bad days if he
was not loyal.
Tabitha did not like it but thought she understood why Faith was doing
so, the lovely wife. Greed does funny things to people. Faith was
really concern about her inheritance and making her replacement know
who really was in charge. She lied to herself into believing that the
other reasons was why she was doing it. It was all about she wanted to
make her future part of the company was in good hands. .
Tabitha asked for reassurance that it was only for a day for Faith did
say she would back out of this if Tabitha wanted to. Faith told her of
course she had the press conference line up for Monday morning. This
part was true, Faith was being forced out by the board of directors and
they wanted a new CEO as soon as possible. The worse the outster was
led by her father.
Being CEO was harder than she thought it would be. Her company sales
was not growing as much as the rest of the industry and she did not
know how to deal with it. She was mad that her father did not give her
a chance to right the little bump in the road.
Faith believed that Tim could correct the ship when he had control. She
just could not let him implement those plans while she was in control.
Her name and reputation was on the line, and could not handle failure
if the idea came from someone else. She also could not handle success
if the idea came from someone else.
Tabitha to feel like she still had veto power over this said then Tim
does get to eat with us tomorrow and not just serve the meal. We tell
him as soon as he sits down to eat. Faith agreed to it.
Tabitha then called Naomi and told her to be extra nice to Tim, still
be distant but not mean. Naomi asked if Faith was on board with this
change of plans. Tabitha told her no but it did not matter, they are
talking about Tim, her husband so she can change or veto the plan.
Naomi agreed and made a mental note not to tell Faith and be mean to
Tim when the CEO came around. She wanted to be super nice to Tim but at
the same time she was not going to ruin her chance at that great
promotion. She knew that Tim would understand for even with being a
personable person he always told her not to take business personally.
After making the phone calls Tabitha went to eat supper. It was strange
to eat by herself. Tim made it a point to be at home to share dinner
with her. If he had a business dinner he made sure she was there. She
missed the small talk they had about their day. With the food being so
bland to her she thought that the spice which was missing from it was
Tim.
Chapter 5
Tabitha finished supper and went into the study to get Tim. Her husband
was just sitting there staring into space with an open book in his
hand. Tabby called him Timmy. Tim did not like that one bit for how
Faith talked down to him earlier in the day by using it. He never
allowed anyone other than his wife use it. He had to allowed Faith to
do so for his wife wanted him to do this strange exercise.
It took a second for Tim to respond and he asked Tabitha what she
wanted. She cringed inside hearing Tabitha again, the love of her life
still thought she was mad at him. How could he not she thought. If this
was not for what she believed was Tim's dream job, so many people
depending on his loyalty, and her moving up the social ladder she would
have regretted not calling it off on the phone with Faith.
Tabitha thought that getting Tim out of that skirt would lighten his
spirit and said, "Before you join me in the living room why don't you
change. You had enough time in that outfit to start to get use for it
for work. You will never have to wear women's clothes while at home
with me. I agreed to your work attire for Naomi so wanted it."
Tabitha smiled for she made sure that she drove home the point the
clothing was not her idea and she did not like it.Tim mentally agreed
it was a good idea to get out of that uncomfortable outfit and just get
ready for bed. He told his wife her idea that was a good idea. Tim
slowly walked down the stairs to join Tabby in the living room in his
sleeping shorts and t-shirt.
The loving wife knew her husband was doing worse than he was letting
on. The energetic man was not the type of person to just lounged around
in what he wore to bed. He might want to do something quick before bed
like take the dog for an extra walk. He looked worn out, depressed and
lethargic, that was not her Timmy, Tabby thought, her Timmy was full of
live and energy. She needed to know what was going on with the man who
owned her heart and said, "Why are you ready for bed, what is wrong
dear?"
The answer was a shot to Tabby's heart. "I am down for you, my wife,
does not believe me on what happened with Naomi today or even want to
hear me out."
Tabitha face grew a frown. She really did not want to talk about it for
it did hurt her helping Faith do this test on her husband. Tim saw that
frown and said, "Also that frown is another reason. You are so
devastated by what that scheming lady did and there is nothing I can do
to cheer you up, for you think I am the cause of that frown."
Tabitha corrected Tim, by saying none of that is true, without giving a
reason. She knew that her husband did not believe what she said. Tim
try to make his wife feel better when he told her in an understanding
tone, "I know why you feel upset hurt and betrayed. I am looking
forward to when we will be able to talk about this and what really
occurred."
Tabitha did not want to talk about what happened today anymore. She
told Tim to drop it. She wished that he would bring up another topic
other than anything tied to this loyalty test. Tim was not going to for
early that night she told him she was not going to be in the mood to
talk about anything else. He was going to respect her wishes and was
just quiet.
After sitting in the loudness of them saying nothing Tim thought that
he better bite the bullet and finally ask about makeup and his hair.
Tabitha cringed when she heard him bring it up. She knew it was coming
but did not want to deal with it right now. She said she would help him
with his makeup in the morning and she got a wig for him to wear.
He asked her what was the style of the wig. She told him not to worry
about it. Tim was getting sick of not having any control of what was
happening and told her it was going to be on his head so he will worry
about it. He did not want to look any more foolish than he already was
going to dressed how he was.
Tabitha quickly apologized and told her husband she meant it was a nice
pageboy wig which looked very professional. Tbaitha explain that she
did not mean it as he did not have the right to know.
Tim told her there is no need to be sorry, he understood he was not in
her good graces right now. That made the room silent. It was an
uncomfortable one. Tabitha could not stand how much her Timmy was
beating himself up. Tim could not stand how hurt his wife must be and
how she was still trying to be nice to him.
After a while of both of them just staring at the television Tabitha
told Tim she was going to call it a night and asked him if he was going
to join her. Tim lied to her and said he would be up in a couple of
minutes. He did not want to sleep in the same bed as her. He knew how
emotional she was and did not want her to have a constant reminder of
being hurt next to her. Tim drifted off to sleep on the couch.
The alarm woke Tabitha up and she reached over to give her husband a
loving hug. Her arm hit the mattress. She saw that he did not join her
in bed. The frustrated wife was so happy that this is going to be over
so soon. He will be so happy later tonight and they will sleep
together. The stain this ruse was putting on her made Tabitha look
forward to tonight when she would fall asleep with her wonderful
husband spooning her. She loved the secure feeling she had in his arms.
She woke Tim up and told him to start to get ready for the day. She did
not want to talk with him for it was too painful. He took her being
short as a sign her anger was growing and not ebbing away. His simple
reply was yes Tabitha.
Hearing him say her full name got her mad. It was not at him, it was
about this stupid loyalty test. It was hurting her husband too much.
Seeing the flash of anger on her face made Tim think now the sound of
his voice got her upset. Tim told her that we need to talk about what
happened. Tabitha told him they will tonight after supper.
Tim was not happy with having to wear makeup. It felt like his face was
covered. It made him feel like a clown. Tabitha asked him what he
thought after she was done with the makeup and the wig. He told her he
felt like this was going to be a long day but it would be worth it if
it helped him earn his wife trust again.
Tabitha was stunned at hearing that Tim thought she did not trust him.
How could he not think so, she was always there for him. She then
quickly thought about how she would have felt if Tim would not hear her
out. That devastated her. The woman with the self inflicted wound had
solace in the fact this would be over soon.
Chapter 6
Tim made it to work an hour early for he wanted to make sure no one
other than Faith and that bitch Naomi saw him. He had a faint hope that
this would be over soon. Either Faith would come to her senses or he
will able to finally tell his wife about his new job over the weekend.
He sat at his new desk and opened his emails. He saw that Faith was
true to her word and sent an interoffice memo which stated her floor
was off limits today for all personnel. He sat there just waiting for
his new boss to come in. He felt his hatred grow the longer he had to
wait. He was praying to any god which would listen to him for her to
fail, a pox on her.
Naomi came in with two cups of coffee in her hand. She got one for Tim,
she was going to keep her word and be as super nice to him today. She
greeted, "Good morning Tim, here is a coffee for the best personal
assistant I could ask to have. I got it the way you like it."
Tim took her gesture as her mocking him. That little ball of hate he
had in his stomach grew at a cancerous rate and was ready to explode.
He held it in as much as he could. He did not say what he wanted but
the tone of his voice was poisonous.
Tim said, "Good morning Miss Bonilla, thank you for the coffee, but I
have to decline it. I do not want anything from you other than knowing
what you want me to do."
Naomi was hurt by his words. She told him she was trying to be nice for
she knew today was going to be hard for him. Naomi said, "Tim you
should follow what you told me many times and not take what this
personally, this is business."
Tim replied, "I am taking my own advice Miss Bonilla. Me being your
personal assistant is a business arrangement. That means I do not want
anything other than a business relationship with you from now on. Also
as soon as I do not have to be your personal assistant I am done
dealing with you.
I am also following the advice I gave you of not trusting anyone who is
not loyal. You betrayed me by lying about that kiss. I know you set me
up for this"
Those words hurt Naomi even more. She wanted to reply but did not know
how. She wanted to get under his skin and thought of ways to do so. She
finally thought that she would hold this situation over his head. She
mention, "If you are not nice to me like you used to be, I can drag
this out as long as I wanted to. You might retire wearing a nice
dress."
Hearing that threat did not change Tim attitude. He knew he was not
long for the business world so he did not have to kowtow to this bitch
who ruined his life. His reply was, "Miss Bonilla I hate wearing this
skirt and would do almost anything to get out it right now. One thing I
will not do is be nice and friendly to you."
Naomi was stunned to hear that from Tim. He was not only her boss, he
was her mentor. He had her as a personal assistant for 10 years now and
helped her grow so much as an employee and a person. She could not
comprehend why he was so mad. This was only for a day and a test. She
forgot he did not know those facts. She also did not know once he found
out this was a test he was going to explode.
Faith came in and asked those two how they were doing. Naomi said,
"great until I had to deal with my new personal assistant giving me a
bad attitude."
Tim said, "I am fine Mrs Paulson and turning down a cup of coffee from
someone is not having a bad attitude."
Faith saw a chance of making Tim's day a little more miserable so she
told him, he better take the coffee. That Naomi still has not signed
the agreement and she could change her mind. Tim thanked Miss Bonilla
for the coffee and took it.
Faith then mention about how Naomi wanted to have dinner over at Tim's
place to talk about how the day went. Tim objected and said that he did
have to work for Naomi but did not had to have her in his personal
life. Faith understood Tim's objection but said that Tim's wife agreed
to it. Tim hated hearing that.
Faith then went on how Tim will be serving supper for the ladies will
be talking about how he performed today and make a decision on how long
this was going to be. Tim objected and said it was his life so he
should have a say in it als and also he does not trust Miss Bonilla.
Faith understood that also and liked he was upfront about his mistrust
for Naomi. He was honest with why he felt that way. She did not want to
lead on she was agreeing with him so she asked Naomi what she thought
about what Tim just said,
Naomi was overwhelmed with her new position and could not deal with how
her old friend has turn his back on her. She lost her restrain and
said, "I think he should dress as a maid while he is serving us dinner
tonight."
Faith agreed it was a great idea. Tim objected again and Faith told Tim
she would call Tim's wife to see if what Tabitha thought about it.
Hearing those words brought relief to Tim. He knew that Tabitha would
never agree to that. She reassured him that he would not have to dress
like a woman in his own house. Naomi on the other hand hated to hear
that. She did not mean for Faith to act her suggestion. It was just to
make Tim feel small, like he was making her feel.
Faith was going to her office and told Naomi to walk with her. As soon
as they were in the office Faith commended Naomi on the great maid
idea. The idea was proof that Faith made the right decision to take a
chance and give Naomi a huge promotion. That she really helped in
making this day as miserable for Tim as it could be.
Naomi was ashamed that her action she took out of spite was going to
have this effect. Naomi said, "Faith I think that time just having to
think about dressing like a maid is good enough. I will still have to
work under him after this is done and doing this humiliating act to him
will do more damage to our relationship. Also, Tabitha would be furious
at me when she found out that Naomi came up with the idea.
Faith did not care, she loved the idea for the more miserable he was
doing what they wanted him to do, the more he proved his loyalty to the
company and more he would remember who has the real power at Paulson
Corp.. She explain to Naomi, "Tim is a very understanding person. He
will get over this once he got the promotion. You will get back on his
good side once she excelled at her job. Remember Tim does not take
business personally. Also, I will take the blame from Tabitha"
Naomi relented for hearing about how great she was doing did stroke her
ego. It helped that she would not have to take the responsibility for
her mistake. She was a great lady but vain and did not want to own up
when she messed up. It was easy to butter her up and have her see
things your ways if you knew she was more concern with people seeing
her as a talented business lady and not just a good looking lady. She
knew that looks faded but skills were forever. She also looked for the
easy way out of trouble.
Naomi left the office and Faith called Tabitha to tell her the change
in plans and also get Tim dress size. The woman scorned by her own
company was going to have to get a maid uniform right away to put her
replacement in his place. Tabitha heard the plan and objected. Faith
said this was going to happen. Tabitha said that Tim was going to eat
dinner with them and he should not have to be dressed as a maid then.
Hell he should not have to dress like a maid at all. She knew that Tim
was going to be upset at them all when he found out what they did, him
becoming CEO will lessen it but Tabitha would have to deal with any
more repercussions at home.
Faith knew she needed it so that Tabitha would not have to deal with
any more of Tim's wrath. She knew that she had to sell it in a manner
which would not cost her friend anything. Faith gave the potential
buyer of her new plan her sales pitch, "Tabitha, I will make sure that
Tim knows it was not your idea. The brunt of his anger will not be at
you, he will be focusing it on Naomi and me. You do have final say
about this test but I have final say on if Tim becomes CEO".
Tabitha convinced herself that she was only going along with this so
her husband could get his dream job. After the call Faith made the
necessary arrangements to have a maid outfit deliver to Tim's house.
Tabitha reinforced to herself why she relented and went along with this
change She always wanted Tim to get this promotion for she would be the
wife of one of the most powerful men in this valley. It will help with
her social standing in the community.
Tabilta was going to call Tim and start to smooth it over in a couple
of minutes and that will help calm him down. The reason she waited was
so she could get the right words to have her husband understand.She
will use please do this for me to show me how serious you are about
showing me you did not kiss Naomi. She hated that she was going to lie
to him, but she told herself was for the common good.
Faith called Tim and told him the great news. He denied it and she
insisted it was true. He just could not believe it. Then the office
phone rang. He answered it and it was his wife. She said, "I have to
tell you something, please do not freak out. At dinner tonight you will
be dressing as a maid. Please do not be mad, Faith asked me if it was
fine and I thought that it would be a good way for you to prove to me
you are telling the truth about not kissing Naomi."
Tim was destroyed hearing the news. He could not believe his wife was
acting so childish in making him do humiliating actions to show her he
was telling the truth. In a weak voice he said, "Tabitha I cannot talk
about this now, I am at work. I am not the boss anymore."
Tabitha knew she needed to explain more. The woman who was trying to
smooth things over said, "Dear, this will only take a moment."
Tim took the first pause to cut off his wife in a polite manner, "It
does not matter if it will only take a moment. You are not the only
person who is mad at me. Naomi is very pissed at me and I cannot be
caught on a personal phone call. I do not know what she will do next,
it was her that came up with the maid idea."
Tabitha could not believe what she heard. She told that cunt to be
extra nice to Tim and she did this. Tabitha asked if she could be
transferred to Naomi and Tim did so. Tim put his wife on hold and
buzzed Naomi to tell her she had a call on line 2.
Naomi was all excited, this was going to be her first business call at
her new position. She picked up the phone and proudly said her name and
new title. The response she had she would have never expected. She was
called a no good cunt bitch. She had no idea who was on the other line.
She asked, "Who are you to think you can talk to me in that manner?
Tabitha said, "The wife of the man you are fucking with by making him
dress like a maid."
Naomi quickly started to backpedal. "I am sorry, I said that for I was
mad at Tim for not taking my peace offering of a cup of coffee. It was
Faith's idea to actually do it."
Hearing that weak excuse for the new hurdle Tim had to jump just added
to Tabitha's bitterness towards Naomi., "Listen here I do not care
whose idea it was to go through with this. It was your idea to do it.
Own up for this you bitch. I want to let you know that I will make sure
that Tim never forgets how you treated him and once he is entrenched as
CEO you will be fired."
Naomi was mad that Tim would let his wife know who was really
responsible for the maid outfit. She was going to get him back. He told
on her after she gave a sincere apology about making that joke and
Faith taking it seriously. She called Tim in her office and berated
him. She said, "You have no right to tell on me to your wife. If you
are going to gossip and act like a hen I will just call you Tammy for
the rest of the day."
Tim did not care, he had such a low opinion of Naomi right now her
words could not hurt him. He smiled at her when she gave out that
punishment. She asked him why he was smiling.
"It is simple why I am smiling Miss Bonilla, you are so immature that
you think calling me Tammy would hurt me. It does not for I do not care
what you call me. I do not care about what you think of me. I am here
so for my wife thinks I cheated on her with you."
Naomi said, "Tim get out of my office right now."
The man who finally was broken and started to fight back saw that he
got to her and could not resist getting her more annoyed. He said, "
You can't even keep your word and call me Tammy for the rest of the
day."
Chapter 7
Naomi did not know what to do, she was not acting her normal self. She
chalked it up to being nervous about her new position. The nerves got
worse when she saw that her mentor was not going to be there to help
her today. She called Faith and left a message to be called back.
Faith called her back and asked what she wanted. Naomi told her about
blowing up on Tim and how she told Tim she was going to call him
Tammy.. She wanted to know how Faith was going to take Tabitha's
response if Tim's wife now knew who was really to blame about the maid
outfit.Naomi reminded Faith about taking the blame from Tabitha. Faith
said she did agree to take the blame from Tabitha she could not help it
that Tim told his wife who came up with the idea. This was an important
lesson for Naomi, learn to damage control and not to lash out.
Naomi could not believe what she was hearing. This was well beyond
damage control. She knew she caused it by taking Tim's reaction
personally. Still she needed help, she thought the best course of
action was to stay in her office away from Tim. She called Tim and said
to just have all the calls to go straight through to her office.
Naomi was able to not have any contact with Tim until lunch time. She
was hungry and did not bring a lunch, she never had to for her boss
always got her lunch. It was one of the many perks she got from having
such a great person as her superior.
She called him and asked where was her lunch. She was dreading hearing
his response. Was he going to point out she did not call him Tammy? Was
he just going to laugh at her? Was he going to blow up on her, like she
deserved?
None of that happened, Tim in a professional voice said, "It is not my
job to bring you your lunch. Is there anything else you need?"
Naomi said no and hung up the phone.
The timid VP left her office to get lunch and saw Tim at his desk
talking to Faith. Tim had a bitter look on his face. Naomi wanted to
keep her word about being extra nice to Tim and offer to buy him lunch.
Faith corrected Naomi., "Naomi remember you wanted to call him Tammy
today so you better keep your word.I do not like my upper management
not to do what they say, isn't that right Tammy?
Tim responded, "Yes."
Naomi hated herself for what she was about to do. This was not who she
was, she knew she had to do things which was out of character in her
new position so she put on her happy face and said, "Sorry Tammy do you
want anything for lunch."
She meant the sorry for saying Tammy. Tim did not take it that way. He
took it as her being sorry for using Tim. He just said, "No Miss
Bonillla and you know why."
Naomi quickly left so she could not dig herself a deeper hole with Tim.
She cannot imagine how much Tim despised her at the moment and could
not blame him. He thought that she set him up and ruin his marriage and
his business career. Then he must think that she was only keeping him
around to relish in getting what she wanted. Then no matter what she
did today she looked like a heartless bitch to him. She was thankful
that the promotion he was getting later today would help smooth things
out between those two.
Chapter 8
Tim was looking at the clock and counting down every minute until the
end of the day. He was happy for he came in early today so he got to
leave at 4 o'clock instead of 5. He only had one half hour left. He had
all the paperwork filed, responded to all the emails, and made sure
that the new VP of Production and Quality Control's schedule was set .
He thought it was a little weird that Faith had him do so as Naomi. It
had to be that the CEO wanted to make the announcement of Naomi's
promotion on Monday. It rang true to him for in Faith's daily memo it
was mention they was a company wide meeting for a major announcement.
One great thing about Paulson Corp they made a huge deal about internal
promotions. Management believed in loyalty and a great way to foster it
was to show people got rewarded for good service. Many of middle level
and some upper level management actually started on the factory floor.
It was 3:45 when Tim's intercom buzzed. It was Naomi and she asked him
to come into her office. He wanted to scream, it was 3:45 and he never
did this to her on a Friday. He could not stand that she was doing a
power play. She has already won, why rub it in?
He went into the office and nicely Naomi said in her sweetest voice,
"Tim, it is almost 4 o'clock and I am not close to being finished with
the production plans for next week. I need to leave soon to pick up
Saul from daycare. Can you please do me a favor and finish them so I
can be on time to see my pride and joy."
Naomi was under the wrong impression that Tim will not take his anger
of her out on her son. He loved that kid,and she was very nice in
asking her friend to perform this extra task. Plus it will only take
him an half hour at most. It was not that much time added to his work
day.
Tim looked at her in disbelief, she knew that he had to go home put on
a stupid maid outfit then cook and serve them dinner. He said, "No, I
am done in 15 minutes and I have too much to do for tonight. Plus, even
if I did not have any prior engagement, I am the personal assistant and
that is way above my pay scale now."
She pleaded with him, "Come on, do not do this for me, do it for Saul.
Do not make him pay for how you feel about me now.
Naomi using her son as a pawn to get her way added to Tim's hatred of
her. He sneered when he said, "No!"
Naomi was not going to let her son down and have him at daycare one
moment longer than he had to. She decided to not accept the fact that
nothing could make her former mentor do anything extra tohelp her. The
dedicated work mother try to play on Tim's outstanding character.
"Where is that nice man who took me under his wing. I know you are mad
at me, but we will be able to work past this and become friends again
real soon."
Tim could not take it anymore. This vile person thought that he was
enough of a fool to be on social terms with that user again. He said
with strength in his voice, "Listen here Miss Bonilla, I am not a nice
man. I can be nice to my friends but never mistake me for being a nice
person; I am just a man who treats people nice until they do not do the
same with me.
Tell me why you think I would help a self centered person like you who
is now in over her head? Tell me why you think I would help a person
who treated me like shit when she thought she did not need me anymore?
You do not know how well you had it when I was your supervisor. I
always made sure you were taken care of. I made sure you were
respected. I made sure you had a chance to shine. I let you leave work
early without using vacation or sick time when you had to take your
father to chemo. I looked the other way when you had long personal
calls while dealing with your divorce. I took less of a pay raise and
added it to yours for I wanted to make sure you got compensated well
for your work.
I did all this and the thank you gave me was to ruin my life. Not even
the nicest man ever would help you after what you did to me. The
weakest man would, but not a nice man. So unless you need anything
which is actually in my job description I am going to excuse myself."
Naomi again brought up Saul. Tim thought that she was using her son to
try to get her way and hated it.
He turned around and said, "Again listen here you bitch. I do not care
about your brat. He can stay at daycare a little longer. The workers
will stay there with him. You are just worried about having to pay the
extra fee for being late. I know that is true for you showed you only
care about yourself with your actions the last couple of days.. It is
sad to use your son in that manner."
Tim went to leave and Naomi had to defend her love for her son. She
said, "Never talk about Saul like that again. You will pay for what you
just called him. He is my pride and joy and I will do anything to
defend him and I would never use him to get my way."
Tim laughed off her threats. While leaving Tim rhetorically asked,
"What can you do to me to make me pay for calling that brat a brat?"
Naomi smiled for she knew that she could ruin his promotion. After he
left she called Faith and told her how Tim treated her badly. Faith in
a matter of fact manner said, "So what."
Naomi was livid and said, "Here is what, with Tim not staying on to
help and calling his superior's son a brat he failed being loyal."
Faith corrected her, "If anything, Tim passed with flying colors. He
did his job, and for the most part took all the humiliation which came
his way. You had no right to ask him to stay pass his schedule work
hours.
How could you not blame the man you got demoted, put in a dress,
verbally humiliated, ruin his marriage and have him dress like a maid
not to flip out when you finally pushed him too much. I give him credit
for not doing so earlier.
You better get used to long nights here at the office with your new
position for you are not as skilled as the old VP. I also think that
you will not really being getting that much training from him either at
first."
It finally dawned on Naomi how bad she has treated her friend and
mentor, there was no way she could face him until he found out the
truth. The remorseful lady said, "Faith, I am not going to be at dinner
tonight. I cannot face Tim and Tabitha until he knows the truth about
what has happened."
Faith was still under the assumption that everything will be fine once
Tim became CEO. She also was not scared of Tim being mad at her for she
thought that she could talk her dad not promoting him. They could hire
a high profile headhunter and get someone who by reputation alone could
improve the company's current state of affairs. She reassured her
employee, "Naomi, listen you are strong enough to face him. He is going
to be dressed like a maid. He will not have the courage to talk back
while we still have power over him. It will be three against one.
Plus once he gets that promotion he wants, this will start to become
water under the bridge."
Faith told Naomi what she wanted to hear so she changed her mind and
told her she would be at the dinner.
Chapter 9
Tim got home and his wife was waiting there for him with a whiskey in
her hand. She offered it to him and he politely turn it down. She asked
why and he told her, "I do not have the time to relax for I need to
change into the maid uniform and start dinner. I also am pissed off and
do not touch alcohol when I am mad. Finally, Ms Rodgers, a maid cannot
drink while on duty."
Tabitha did not like that Tim was being sarcastic by calling her Ms
Rodgers. She was having a bad day also for she felt that she made a bad
decision in going along with Faith's test. She was going to go off on
Tim but control herself. She knew he was very upset about what he
thought was happening. She did want to show him that she was not going
to let him take his frustration out on her and said, "Listen here Tim
you might be having a bad day but don't get smart with me."
Tim quickly replied, "Mrs Rodgers I am not being smart with you. You
agreed to me being a maid for the night and that is what the help...
Tabitha interjected, "I never agree to that!"
Tabitha stopped speaking for she was amazed at hearing what she said
and what she was going to say next. She was going to try to defend
having her husband dress like a maid. She could not believe that she
went along with this loyalty test. Tim becoming CEO and her being the
CEO's wife was not worth it. She did not know what to do for she saw
Tim anger growing each millisecond.
Tim could not stand that his wife just lied to him. He could not stand
that she did not hear his side of the story.
"You did not agree to me being a maid then what is in that white box
behind you? Then why did Faith tell me so? They why did you call me at
work to tell me about the changes in plans for tonight and said to do
this to prove I did not kiss that bitch, Naomi?
You would not hear me out about what happened in my office yesterday. I
went along with this stupid punishment not to keep my job, not so
Naomi, that cunt, would not sue me. I do not care if she sues me. I
went along with it for you were hurt.
I really do not know where we are going to go from here. You do not
trust me, you think I am not loyal to you. You think it is fine to go
back on your word when you are hurt.
I do not see us being able to reconcile the difference between what you
think happened and reality. Having to prove my loyalty to you shows me
that I will never really have your trust again."
Tim stopped for the what he wanted to say next was going to be hard. He
was going to tell her he was done with this stupid game. He did not
care if his wife left him, for in a way she already did by not trusting
him.
Tabitha knew her husband well enough to know what he was going to say
next and why. She knew that prideful stubborn bastard she married
treasured trust and loyalty. She knew that if he walked in on her
kissing a man and pushing him away he would have automatically thought
that the kiss was unwarranted by her. She knew not showing him the
level of trust and support he thought he had from her that the marriage
was over in his eyes.
Tabitha started to cry. "I love you Timmy, go change and we need to
talk."
From Faith and Naomi calling him Tammy, he heard that name instead of
his own when she said I love you Timmy. He screamed, "Never call me
Tammy again, my name is Tim!"
Tabitha was confused. She swore, "I would never call you Tammy, I said
Timmy. You have to believe me."
Tim, with more venom in his voice, fired back, "Just like you said that
you would not have me dress like a woman at home."
To defend herself Tabitha said that Faith wanted it. Trying to blame
someone else for her decision was the wrong course of action. Tim
grabbed the white box and just stormed out of the room muttering to
himself, "it was over."
Tabitha prayed that he was talking about the stupid loyalty tested and
feared he was talking about their marriage. This test turn out to be
more than she agreed to. Tabitha hated that she was going to have to
deal with the brunt of Tim anger after he found out about her part in
it. She would not lie to her husband about it. Even if she could in
some manners it would make the situation worse. He would think that she
did not trust him. It would not matter that she knew the truth to Tim,
it would matter that she did would not hear him out.
The questions came as she was following her new unwanted maid. How
could this situation went so wrong so fast, why did Faith and Naomi not
go along with their original plan, why did I agree to this, was being
higher up in the social circle so important to her than she did not see
how the loyalty test would affect her relationship with her husband.
Before Tabitha caught up to her husband she made a huge decision, this
stupid test was over now. She came to this conclusion not for damage
control, she knew she was going to have to face the wrath of her
husband. It was for it was the right thing to do, Tim never deserve
having this done to him.
When Tabitha caught up to Tim she said, "This is over and we need to
talk."
"This is not over," Tim stubbornly said. "You do not get to keep on
changing what I have to do to prove to you I did not kiss that slut.
You do not get to keep on changing when we talk about me being set up.
I also have a say in when we talk. You want me to be your maid and you
want to wait until after I serve you and those harpies dinner , then
dammit I am going to be your maid and serve dinner before we talk. Now
let me go change into my maid outfit for I have to get dinner on Ms
Rodgers."
Then before Tabitha could say anything Tim slammed the door in her
face. She knew it was pointless to go into their bedroom to talk with
him. He would be deaf to anything she said. Tabitha gave in to the fact
that her and Tim were going to have the biggest fight of their marriage
when this was over. No, it was not going to be a fight, a fight needed
two people in it and she was not going to do anything but take what was
coming to her. It was going to be a lecture from Tim and he was going
to be cold towards her afterwards for a long time.
As Tim was putting on his new outfit, Tabitha did start dinner for him.
Tabitha would tell Tim that he did not have to cook supper for that was
not agreed to. She hoped it would help bring calm her husband down, but
knew it would not. She was trying to use the letter of the agreement to
get out of the spirit of it. He hated that in his personal life, he had
to deal with that too much in the business world. He felt when people
did that they were just trying to back out of what they agreed to.
Tim put on the maid uniform and yearn to have the women's business
attire back on. He really felt exposed and the petticoat was so
uncomfortable. He made his way down to the kitchen and saw that Tabitha
was working on dinner. That raised his anger even more.
"What the hell do you think you are doing?" Tim yelled at his wife., "I
was supposed to be doing that and you are now. Do you think that
somehow this is going to make it better that you went back on your word
so many times yesterday and today? It will not."
"Don't raise your voice at me!" Tabitha quip back.| "You cooking was
never agreed on, it was only serving. I can help you if I want."
Even with knowing that she was wrong Tabitha had that outburst at her
husband for she needed to vent her anger. The two ladies she had a
legit grievance against were not there so she took it out on Tim.
"You now damn well that me also cooking the meal was implied when you
agreed to me being the maid for the night. The lady of the house does
not stoop down to doing the domestic chores.
Lastly, I will raise my voice at you when you are acting as immature as
you have been. Act like a child, then be treated like one. Now get out
of the kitchen right now. I am going to do exactly what you agreed for
me to do."
As she left the kitchen, Tabitha realized that she made the matters
worse with Tim, How mad he was at the situation he was looking for a
fight and Tabby showing her anger brought the eagerness out to fight in
him.
She was hurt at her husband saying she was acting like a child, first
it was for she thought he said it to hurt her. Then it quickly went to
the real reason, she was acting like an immature child. Not listening
to her husband side of what happened, expecting him to jump through
hoops to please her, and not keeping her word was all immature
behavior.
As Tim was in the kitchen, Tabitha stared out the living room window
looking for their guest to pull up. She was going to greet them at the
door, there was no way that Tabby was going to have Tim answer the door
for those two. As her time as being a sentinel slowly past her sense of
fear was raising. She was scared that she still has not realized how
much she messed up by agreeing to this test.
Finally, Faith's BMW pulled into their driveway and Tabitha went out to
the front yard to greet her unwelcomed guest. Faith made Naomi feel
better about the day by stroking her ego with saying that she show
great leadership skills with how she handled, "Tammy", Faith and Naomi
were chatting and laughing until they saw Tabitha unsmiling face and
stony stare greet them. Naomi went from walking casually to being tense
and Faith went to walking more seriously. Naomi felt that she was going
to have to justify her actions while Faith was going to defend hers.
When they got close her to Tabitha, sounding like a mother seeing their
children come home late, told those two to get in the house right
now,told them to get in the house right. Naomi knew the dinner was not
going to be a pleasant experince, while Faith was offended that Tabitha
would take that harsh tone to her.
Naomi ran right in and Faith stood there. Tabitha said, "Faith what
part of get into the house right now do you not understand?"
Faith said, "I heard you but is is such a nice pleasant day I will take
my time."
Tabitha said, "Listen here, you will get in there and just sit in
living room until I call you for dinner. Right now I do not care about
if my husband does not get that promotion. It was not worth him having
to show what we all know about him. It was not worth us not being loyal
to him.
Now get in there or else just go home right now."
Faith knew that Tabitha was not bluffing. She wanted to save face so as
she walked in said, "I would like a glass of red wine while I wait for
dinner."
Tabitha said, "No, you came over for dinner. There was no mention of
pre meal cocktails being served."
Chapter 10
Tim started to serve dinner and Faith and Naomi both called him Tammy.
Tabitha told them to stop that right now. He finished serving dinner
and Faith asked him where was his plate. He informed her that he would
not be eating with them tonight for he passed on the offer from his
wife. Faith told him he would want to eat with them. Tim responded no
he did not for he will not socialize with people who do not respect
him. That he also hope the only reason his wife was having dinner with
those two harpies was so to get this over.
Faith said, "Fine have it your way, go in the kitchen and pout Tammy."
Tabitha had enough. She threw her napkin down while raising her voice
and said, "Faith just tell Tim the great news now. He has proven how
loyal he is and he does not deserve this anymore. In fact, he never
deserved this. I have no idea why I went along with your crazy plan. I
was blinded by you saying he would get his dream job of being the CEO
and I would be the wife of the CEO."
Tabitha got up and went to hug her husband. He backed away from her and
told her to not come any closer. He was processing what he just heard.
His wife was in on the set up along with Faith. Hearing this made him
feebleminded for a second. He knew one thing, he did not want his wife
to touch him.
Faith smiled and said, "True he did show how loyal he was today.
Congratulations Tim you are the next CEO of Paulson Corp.
You also show your integrity by your actions today. I know you will
stay with the company until you are ready to retire. I am so happy that
the company will have stability into the future when we go public. I
know you will be able to lead us well in the future. I am so happy for
you. Sit down and I will get you your plate and serve you. That is the
least I can do for how well you handled yourself today."
Tim just stood there he was still processing what was happening.
Naomi took this chance to defend herself., "Tim please do not be that
mad at me. I am sorry for everything but Faith asked me to do this and
offer me your old position for doing so. How could I pass it up? She
said she had faith in me and I just needed to show her that I was
capable of doing what was right for the company. You will not be CEO
for three months and I cannot wait for you to mentor me in my new
position. You will do a great job at having me ready to take over."
Tim finally was able to talk again. He knew where he was going to start
with Faith.
"Listen here you stupid, stupid bitch. I am not going to be the next
CEO of your company. I do not want to handle the huge sexual harassment
scandal which is coming from your actions. I also do not want to work
for someone who is not loyal to me. You doing this sick test shows me
you are not loyal to me.
You know the only reason why you were named CEO was for your father was
blinded by being related to you. He finally open up his eyes and is
forcing you into an 'early retirement.' He saw that your inaction was
causing the company to fall behind.I know it is not too late to turn
that company around but I am not going to be the one to do so."
Naomi was next. "I will answer your question. It is simple how you turn
down that offer. You treat people how you wanted to be treated. That
was always the main lesson I try to teach you.
That is why you do not take business personally. It is not so your
feelings are not hurt when someone does you wrong. It is so you do the
right course of action. You make decisions which are based with the big
picture in mind and you did not. You did not take into account how
cutthroat I can be. I will use all my contacts to make sure you do not
sniff a job which is above the lowest level of