Chapter 46
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I knocked gently. Her eyes landed on me. She squealed and launched at me with wide opened arms. She wrapped me in a crushing hug and my feet left the floor when she lifted me up.
"BLOSSOM!" she screamed with excitement, "It's been ages! I'm so happy to see you but what are doing here? Did you know we were here?"
"Nina didn't tell you?"
"No. I was just on the phone with her. She said she had a surprise in the form of a person but I thought she just wanted to set me up with another guy."
"Woah. Problems in that area?"
"You have no idea."
"That's too bad. That makes the two of us. Nina actually offered me a job though. As the office assistant."
"Excellent. You'll be perfect. I can't believe you're actually here. It would be like old times."
"Same thing Nina said."
"She was right."
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Sophia explained the duties and roles I would be carrying out. The types of questions I should ask a potential client who calls on the phone, how I should schedule appointments and how to keep records.
It was difficult since I had experienced in the field, being a former secretary.
At lunch, Sophia and I visited a café a few blocks from the office. We talked about what happened back in high school, the day I got deported and life back in Ghana.
"I'm so sorry you had to go through that. When we heard you got deported, we were devastated but it was nothing compared to what Jevan was going through. He was never the same."
"Well, things turned around for him. He's getting married."
"I've heard. And I feel sorry for his girlfriend."
"What? Why?"
"Because I believe Jevan still loves you while Adobi was a shoulder to lean on in college."
"A shoulder that became more. Do you know her?"
"Not personally. Just what I read in the magazines about her."
"She's basking in the celebrity spotlight, isn't she?"
"Because of Jevan," Sophia huffed. I can tell she already didn't like Adobi.
A few minutes later, Nina finally arrived.
"Finally, you're here!" Sophia started.
"Yes. I had a meeting with The Melders, remember?"
"Oh yeah. Are they onboard?"
"Yes. Took some convincing but I wheeled them in."
I had no idea who they were talking about but it sounded work related and if they were happy, I was happy.
"Oh, Nina. My son and I wanted to thank you."
"For what?"
"The Power Ranger you had sent over."
"Blossom, I didn't send you the Power Ranger. I really wanted to because Jason is so sweet, but after I left your apartment, I took a small trip out of the country."
"Then if you didn't send it, who did?"
I was baffled now.
Jevan's POV
"JEVAN! JEVAN! I'VE GOT SOMETHING TO TELL YOU!" My sister's voice carried as she stepped into my office.
"Jada, one of the purpose of having a door is that so people can knock," I calmly told her, typing in my computer without giving her eye contact.
"Oh shut up. I'm not one of your little assistants," she laced.
"Of course not. And you couldn't be. I would have fired you a long time ago," I shot back.
"Whatever."
"Jada, I got tons of work to get done and a meeting in the next ten minutes. What do you want?"
"I was at the mall flat, finalizing the payments with the owners when...."
"Hold up. Wait a minute. Finalising the payments? You're buying the mall flat?"
"Actually, dad is."
"Yeah. Because you told him to and as the spoil princess that you are, he bought it for you."
"You got L.A Hollen Tower and Jase got the one in NYC so why can't I have a mall?"
"Hollen Tower got more than two branches. We're even international, Jada."
"You think I want to sit behind a desk all day in a suit and attend meetings with people I don't even know or like?"
I narrowed my eyes at her. "Okay, you're your own person. But you wanted a salon, not a mall flat."
"I'm turning the mall flat into the biggest hair and beauty salon in L.A."
The mall flat was a piece of property just beyond Hollen Tower that was designed to construct another mall. It was on a stand still. The owners ran into some money problems when a fraud accusation arose and landed one of them in jail.
I chuckled. "Jada, that's stupid. You really think that is going to be successful? A big hair salon? Almost every celebrity got their personal hairstylist and makeup artist as well."
"I'm not doing this to attract celebs. What about the minorities, Jevan? What about the young ladies or even grown women in L.A who loves doing hair and makeup but can't afford a place because rent is so damn expensive? Some are even doing hair out on their porches. I'm going to put a change to that because I'm going to build that big ass hair salon and hire them to work in it. And don't worry about celebrities, they're going to come. I got what it takes."
"Okay. I wish you all the best in that endeavor."
"You don't mean that. You want to see me fail and come running to you asking for a job."
"Jada, you're my little sister. I don't ever want to see you fail. You got big dreams and you're passionate about it and you care about the people who don't got much. A person with a heart like yours can't fail. I'm proud of you and I'll support you."
The next thing I knew, she was hugging me around my neck. "I love you big brother."
