RACHAEL III
Chapter Three
First day at Work
The phone rang at 5:00 AM and I rolled over and looked at it. Who in the hell would call at this hour? Certainly, nobody from work I thought as I picked up the receiver.
"Hi, this is Jerry," Came through the phone before I even got a word out.
"Jerry who?" I responded.
"Jerry Smith from night before last in the lounge."
"What do you want Jerry?" I said.
"You know what I want, I even have the thousand you wanted."
"I can't Jerry, not this morning it's my first day on a new job and I can't miss it."
"I can come now if you want."
"I don't want," I said.
"Okay, I want. I want you bad, can't you tell?"
"Jerry, please leave me alone."
"Give me a taste of that ass and I will," he replied.
"Jerry, I am not going to have sex with you this morning, maybe not ever if you don't leave me alone. I have a new job to learn about and I have to move out of this hotel"
He started to wine some more, and I just put the phone back in the cradle. I just didn't want to deal with it. The thousand did get my interest though.
I looked at the clock, I took a half an hour to dispose of Jerry and I wasn't going back to sleep, so I headed for the shower.
I dressed and packed my three suitcases. Then I called for a bellhop and he lugged them to the front desk. I checked out, signed the bill and asked the doorman to call for my car.
I gave him the address and asked for directions once he loaded my luggage. He said, "that's right around the block."
I drove to the front of the building and Oscar came out to meet me. "Hi, Miss Rachael? He said in greeting.
"I need to move in and Mr. Barnett said you controlled the parking."
"Yes Ma'am, do you have things in the car?"
"Yea."
"Let's unload them here and then you can take your car to the garage."
The parking garage was not in the building. It was across the street and I used my key card to get into it and park in spot one hundred then walked back to Oscar who was guarding my luggage.
He had retrieved a luggage cart and loaded everything on it. Together we went to the elevator and then into the apartment.
"Why are you here so early?" He asked me.
"I was up early and have to be to work by 9, so I thought I would move in."
"Good plan," he replied and carried my luggage to the bedroom and unloaded the cart.
I reached in my purse to get him a tip and he placed his hand on mine saying, "No thank you, the first one is on me and welcome to our house."
I kissed his cheek and thanked him. I had arrived. I found the coffee machine and some coffee and started a pot. I walked into the master bedroom and began to hang things up and fill the drawers with my dainties. Next came the bathroom, and I was officially settled in.
I sat at the kitchen table and drank my coffee. At seven forty five and ready for my day, I dressed and walked over to the office, entry was made easy with the key card and I went to the break room to see what was going on. There were several guys and girls having coffee and munching on fresh donuts. I introduced myself around and pored myself another cup. I was going to be on a coffee high soon, but I liked my coffee. About quarter to nine Clara walked in and made herself a cup of coffee. She came over to me and said, "You ready to get started?"
"Yes ma'am," I responded.
"Bring your cup with you and I will show you how we start our day."
We walked to my office and she showed me how to log into the company computer and locate the files that I would be working on. Most of the work would be done on the computer, accessing and updating spreadsheets and text files. My primary area of responsibility would be to track and report on rental units in a certain sector. She finished showing me what she wanted and left me to my own devices.
The large workload kept me busy all morning. At noon Clara came back and invited me to lunch with her. I said sure and off we went.
Clara looked to be in her fifties and very trim. I noticed that she didn't wear any rings and it made curious about her status in the social circles. It didn't take long to find out she favored girls. We ate salad at the little lunch place downstairs and chatted about all things girly. I enjoyed a pleasant lunch, and she gave me several warnings about guys in the office and how I would probably be set upon as soon as they all got their courage up. I smiled and took it all in.
The day went fast and before I knew it I was sitting in my new apartment wondering what to do with myself. I went from high speed to no speed in a matter of moments it seemed like.
From out of nowhere my thoughts returned to the pain in the ass Jerry. I called the front desk at the Sheraton and asked for him. The switchboard put me right thru and he answered the phone.
"Hi, how was your day?" I asked.