Novels by Pencry

“Just have your Curriculum Vitae with you, and you’re hired. I'll make sure to inform them of your arrival,” Gideon had been really supportive since dad died, he had called to tell me about a job opening at his company. To be the CEO’s secretary, I was really delighted by his offer, I hadn’t made any income since I left Ireland.“Thank you so much Gideon, I really appreciate it,” I told him sincerely.“It’s my pleasure.”It was Monday morning again, it was the day I was supposed to visit Gideon’s company, and probably start work that same day. I wore a coffee brown coloured wrap dress, skin coloured hose, and matched it with black heels.I hailed a cab, then went straight to the address Gideon had sent to me. ‘Steele's Industries’, was written in bold at the top of the large office building. The can door was pulled open for me, by some men in black suits, I greeted them as I walked past and into the building.“Good morning, I was sent here by Mr Gideon Steel,” I said to the woman at t

I had been crying for a whole day straight, I didn’t know how to stop the tears from coming. How was it that when I just met him, he had to die? Did my life have to be so pathetic?“Please stop crying, it took me a while to stop the tears from coming. You crying will make it start all over,” Gideon's eyes were red and puffy, he had been crying since he called me. He and my dad must have been so close, because he really loved him.“How do I give him a befitting burial? I have no work, no savings just a mother to has more excesses than I even earn,” the tears came back like a waterfall.“I promised Fred that I would take care of that if he died, I never imagined it would be this unplanned,” his eyes pooled all over again. “You can plan the burial, I would provide the money.”The burial took place at a burial place, I couldn’t cremate him, I didn’t have the heart for that. Gideon had come with some of my father’s friends, I had gotten him different roses, which meant a lot of things.The

It was 6:35am now, and I had been staring at my dad for about approximately four hours now. After the nurse had told me about my dad’s ailment, I was devastated and couldn’t all of a sudden, wait for it to become bright out before seeing him. I watched as his chest rose and fell, he looked really different from the last time I had seen him. Some of his red hair had already fallen pulled out, his skin was pale, he looked as skinny as ever, like he had been starving before being brought to the clinic. His right leg was swollen, and he would some times start coughing, before changing his position of sleeping. Tears fell down from my cheeks, I had hated this man all my life, without knowing why. And now that I know that I shouldn’t hate him, he’s laying on the sick bed, looking like he would die any minute from now.“Is that you, Ana?” my dad’s shaky voice asked all of a sudden. I hadn’t noticed his eyes tear open, I quickly wiped my face discretely,“Yes dad, it’s Ana. I’m so sorry I got

“I…I.. I, my darling, why do you ask?” Sara stuttered. She looked away from my strong gaze,“I want to know, I want closure… besides Fred and I haven’t spoken to each other since the divorce, and I don’t even know the reason why I hate him. So I want to know,” I told her.“Well, your dad suggested it first. That was the only reason I agreed to it, out of pride, I couldn’t beg him to stay with me. He wanted a divorce because work wasn’t going well with him, and he didn’t want you and I to suffer with him. I didn’t fight for your custody, he gave it willingly, and he has been sending money ever since. Though I have been keeping it in a private account for you, as a wedding present when you finally get married,” She confessed.“So how about him cheating on you? You told me that was why you left,” I was so confused.“I’m sorry I lied to you, your dad never cheated on you. You were just too young to understand, and I didn’t want you to keep asking about him. I couldn’t explain it well to y

“You must really have the guts, for you to raise your voice at me, just because of women rights?” my misogynist boss, yelled back at me, as soon as the words I had said left my mouth.“At this point, I’m tired and fed up with your crap. You have absolutely no respect for women, and that is very annoying,” I knew she was really pushing it with my boss, but I had reached a point where I had no choice but to voice out my thoughts. It was a normal Monday at work, I was having a one on one meeting with my boss, I was his secretary. We were talking about what our main customer base would be for our newest product, though Henry, my boss always had the opinion that women weren’t part of our customer base, and it always upsets me. Henry was fond of harassing women, even his staff, he always belittled them as people who didn’t matter, but this day, I was totally over it, I had to shout out my opinions, even if it would cost me my job. With which it actually did.“You know what? I’m also tired