"Blu, you're late." I hear my boss Mrs. Turner saying from her office. I've worked for Mrs. Turner since college and she has always had a love-hate relationship with me. I think it's because of her socially conservative views and the fact that I'm the first butch woman she's had working for her. When her husband hired me, she immediately started giving me a hard time and telling me that I wasn't doing my job correctly, even though I have been and the company's numbers keep going up every year because of me. She's even threatened to fire me a couple of times but she never acts on it. Despite her total bitchy appearance, she is a stunning older Louisiana Creole woman with light eyes, soft light brown skin, flowing sandy red hair with a mixture of gray in it and a petite figure to match.
"Mrs. Turner I'm not late, I came exactly on time." I reply booting up my laptop for the day before walking into her office.
"On time is late and early is on time, I've told you this many times." Mrs. Turner says looking up at me over the brim of her glasses.
Not wanting to argue, I apologize and head back to my desk to get started on my workload for the day. The rest of the day runs smoothly with the exception of watching some of my coworkers getting their head chewed off Mrs. Turner during lunch over some paperwork reports that were lost. I finish out the rest of my work, clock out and head for the elevators to leave for the day but before I can even make it, Mrs.Turner stops me dead in my tracks.
"Where do you think you're going?" She says with a stern look on her face.
"Umm..I'm headed home." I crack a soft smile, trying not to let my subtle fear show. I think to myself, damn it, what does this old hag want now?
Before Mrs. Turner says another word, I try to slowly turn and walk into the elevator, big mistake. She grabs the back of my collar and pulls me into her office.
"What the hell are you doing lady? Let me go!" I yell.
Once we get into her office she locks the door and pushes me onto her lounge style couch.