Vicky pulled into the parking garage at the same time as her supervisor, Sandy. Darn it, she didn’t want to have to walk into the building and make small talk with her. Sandy did a double take when she noticed it was Vicky getting out of the Mercedes Benz. She couldn’t hide the look of surprise on her face. I guess she would look very surprised since she knew exactly how much money Vicky made. After the initial awkwardness Vicky said good morning to Sandy and Sandy returned the greeting. They walked into the building together in silence. After they stepped onto the elevator and into the bright lights that’s when Vicky noticed Sandy’s eyes were puffy almost as if she had been crying. What a turn of events. This past Friday it was Vicky who had gotten onto the elevator in tears and on Monday it was Sandy getting on the elevator in tears. It was just the two of them heading up to their floor. Vicky didn’t know if she should ask if there was anything wrong or if she should just pretend as if she hadn’t noticed. Vicky’s conscience won out “Sandy is everything ok?” It looked like she was going to respond and then the elevator opened. Sandy nodded and quickly exited the elevator. She went straight into her office. As much as she hated to see anyone upset, even Sandy, and as much as she hated this job Vicky got off of the elevator feeling like she was walking on cloud nine. Vicky was sure it was all because of Jason. He’d help to put a little pep in her step.
Close to time to go home Vicky needed a ladies room break and put her phone into the obligatory status for bathroom breaks. When she’d gotten close to the bathroom she heard muffled angry voices from around the corner “How could you do this to me again Josh? Why are you always messing around with women that I work with?”. Vicky looked around the corner and saw Joshua Jones and Sandra Catchings huddled up together in what seemed to be a heated argument. He was aggressively holding one of Sandy’s arms. Mr. Jones’ back was to Vicky so he didn’t see her but Sandy saw her. What in the world did she walk in on? Vicky quickly turned back around and went into the bathroom as if she didn’t see or hear anything. Vicky wondered if this could be the reason that Sandy was so cool towards her.
About an hour later after she’d returned to her desk Vicki had gotten a call into her head-set from Sandy with a request to come into her office. Vicky had hoped she wouldn’t get this call but knew that she would. Vicky hesitantly entered Sandy’s office. She didn’t need any more reasons for Sandy to make life hard for her. “Hi Sandy, you wanted to see me?”
Sandy was at her desk reviewing paperwork. She never looked up when she responded to Vicky “Yes, I did. I wanted to tell you that I was able to find coverage for the time off we discussed last week. I’ve put you on the calendar”. As relieved as Vicky was she didn’t want to feel dirty. She didn’t want to get the time off because Sandy was afraid Vicky would tell someone about what she’d seen “You don’t have to do this Sandy. I wouldn’t tell anyone what I saw between you and Mr. Jones.” That made Sandra’s head immediately snap up “And just what exactly do you think you saw Ms. Martin?”. Vicky looked her squarely in the eyes “look let’s just get this out in the open I don’t like pretending the elephant is not in the room. I saw you and Mr. Jones arguing over I’m guessing him cheating on you. I didn’t want to overhear what I heard but I did. I won’t tell anyone because it really doesn’t concern me. I also don’t like feeling like I’ve somehow wronged you when I haven’t.” Sandy glared at Vicky “So, you can sit here and honestly tell me to my face that you are not sleeping with him?”. Vicky’s mouth almost hit the floor “Are you crazy? Oh my god…NO! No offense Sandra but Joshua seems like a player. I have a daughter and I’m not interested in introducing all that drama into our lives. You are a woman who really seems to have it all together. I mean you have a good job and you’re a beautiful woman. It would seem like you could have your pick of guys. I don’t know why you would put up with all of that drama either. Is that why you were crying when you came into the office this morning?”. Just like that it appeared Sandy just wanted to release everything that had been building up inside of her. Her eyes filled with unshed tears. “Joshua makes me so crazy that I’m doing things that I wouldn’t normally do. I’m no good with women and apparently men either. I owe you an apology Vicky. I know he’s attracted to you and seems like every other woman who works here. It’s driving me insane. We’ve been seeing each other for a while. When we first started dating I knew he was still seeing other women but after all this time I’ve fallen in love with him. I’ve never been an insecure woman but with Joshua I just feel so insecure.”. Sandy slammed her hands down on her desk “I hate this
