Mary Parker
I looked across the meeting room until I saw him there, the man with whom I had sex, the Philipe Taylor guy, who I see is very well dressed in his business suit and curly hair, the same way he was when we met that night and had sex, by the way, what was he doing there?
" Now we can start the meeting." I sat down on the chair I always use in meetings. I pointed to him and another woman who was there
" I'm Maite Jones, one of the commercial representatives of Taylor's Music"" I'm..."" Mary, this is Philipe Taylor, the new owner of Taylor's Music" - Giovanna explained, interrupting - O" So you're the famous Mary, nice to meet you. "I can tell that her gaze traveled up and down my body" Mary Candty Parker," I crossed my legs, "But we are not here to talk, let's get to the point, show me the ideas you have so I can see if this partnership will be interesting or not." Correcting Mrs. Mary Parker, show us Your ideas, and let's see the pros and cons of this society before we decide something "
" The partnership would work because, comparing the current moment of Parker's record's that can't reveal new talents and is having too many expenses, with the current moment of Taylor's Music which has revealed talents but has lost money, if we united in one company, everybody would win. So for me, Giovanna Giovanna, this partnership could work out very well
" But if my company is going bankrupt, why would I join a worse one? "
" Worse, but at least it revealed talent" - he said, leaning back in his chair" Parker Record's is not going bankrupt right now, Mary, what I said at the meeting is that if we continue as we are, then we will go bankrupt. "" This partnership would be perfect, since, your record company Mary has the money and he has the revelation of talents" - Maite saidAfter she said this, I started to hear some annoying buzzing around the room, producers and employees were talking among themselves about this partnership
" BE QUIET!" -Bati with her hands on the table - "the meeting is not over yet"
" In my opinion, this partnership needs to be sealed" - said Roberto" We can't decide like this, without thinking about it," Philippe said."I need to think about it hard""Not only you, but I am also a stakeholder, don't forget. "- I accept as long as the new name of the company after the partnership is Parker Music's Society." What? I'm not giving up my company name!"
-"Me neither, dear, but from the moment a partnership is signed the documents become one, then that will be the name, otherwise there will be no partnership."" Well, okay," he sighed."
" Your father might not like it, Philippe, think about it," Maite said." My father will understand that I am the new owner and that I decide everything"" If you want we can leave you alone to talk and decide."" That's right, let's leave them alone, let's all go out," Giovanna said, getting up.
" No one is to leave!" - I stood up, slamming my hand on the table" We already told you two the idea, now you have to decide. The fate of your company is in your hands, not ours. Talking and decide as soon as possible - said a producer, leaving" If you decide to formalize the partnership, the papers will be brought in to be signed. "" I will only accept with the new name. "Damn it! Everyone was leaving the room and leaving me alone with this guy, but he was right, we needed to decide soon
" Now we're both alone" he stood up and walked towards me.
" I see, I'm not blind" - I sat down again" Are you always in a bad mood?" - He leaned back on the table beside me and crossed his arms"I think I've already made it clear that I don't like small talk, let's get down to business" " For me, I would sign the papers"" What makes you decide to do that? And please, sit in the chair"" From what has been said here, your company has the money, and mine has revealed great artists!"" And who can guarantee me that the revelation of new talent will be continuous?"
- My company today doesn't only work to bring in talent, but we have Pedro Damián and Fernando Torres, who are one of the best producers of all time. Moreover, the artists themselves indicate it to other people and it is difficult for artists to indicate people who will not make the slightest success since they end up managing these people "That was something that was missing in my company: artists who would refer her.
" I don't know what to say, I'm afraid it won't work "
" If you allow me, I'll show you the voice of a good friend of mine who I'm sure will that will be a success "" I don't want to hear it, because he is an unknown and may not work out"" Did you know that insecurity gets us nowhere? And if we don't take the risk, we will never know if it would work out?"
" It is not insecurity, it is thinking about the welfare of the company that has always been on top for years and is just going through a bad moment."
" I guarantee that if it was just a bad moment, the partnership would not be proposed by your company since, as far as I know, you gave the idea of the partnership and not Taylor's Music "
" You are ridiculous! And you know what? I'll decide that later, see you! "
I got up and walked to the door which was closed when I felt her hands grab me from behind
" From what I can see Miss Mary Candy Parker, you're sweet only in name and the taste of your liquid that I felt in my mouth when you came, aren't you?" - he said, whispering in my ear.
I closed my eyes, if I said he wasn't arousing a wave of pleasure in me I'd be lying, but I can't and won't have sex with the same man.
" I said I won't fuck you again, and please respect my workplace."
" Maybe with a few minutes of pleasure on this table you can stop being a little grumpy" - going towards the door and locking it from the inside, keeping the key in his pocket - "And then we can settle everything"" I agree that good sex would do me a lot of good, but not now and maybe even less with you. You're dying to have sex with me again, but that won't happen. If one day I want to have sex with you again, I'll knock on your door. But don't get too excited because that's unlikely to happen," she said smiling
- No problem I can have sex with other women, that wouldn't be a problem for me. But I'm not saying it would be hard to have sex with you again, since you got goosebumps from my touch.
" PETULANT! THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE!" -I shouted
" Let's get back to the main subject because as you said we are here on business and deciding the future of our companies."
" I said I'll take care of it later"" Maybe you are forgetting that you are not the only person who has to decide since the owner of the other interested company is me and you don't decide for it. Stay here and listen to my friend sing and decide yes or no, that's it! And rest assured that I won't do anything you don't want me to do, I will respect you."I don't like to be contradicted but he was right, so I took a deep breath and sat down again
" Okay! Bring your friend here"
" I'll call him"" And open the door, I want to leave!"" I won't open it, who's to say you won't run away?"" Open this door or I'll give up everything and your company will be the first to go bankrupt because I'll go to all the newspapers to say that you locked me in the room to coerce me ""Okay, I'll open it"We both got up, he opened the door and I left
" Wait, you didn't tell me what time can he come here "
" Tell him I'll meet him at five o'clock in the studio"
I left without waiting for him to answer and went to my room, telling Belinda that I didn't want to be bothered by anyone, not even by Giovanna, but I also asked her to tell the producers about the test that would be done with this friend of the owner of Taylor's Music
I took advantage of the time in the room to look at the finances, not that I didn't trust Giovanna, but I wanted to see with my own eyes the decline that the company had, I also accessed all the legal bank accounts and the drop was really scary.
While I was thinking, I looked at the picture on the table where Claudia and I were smiling after one more night out. Tomorrow will be the 8th anniversary of his death, eight years since a part of me was gone.
I held back the tears as long as I could and didn't see the time pass, I was taken out of my thoughts with a call from Belinda telling me that it was already 5:00 PM and that they were already waiting for me at the studio.
Again the buzz was building as I passed by on my way to the studio, people turned their backs to me thinking I wouldn't hear anything, but I heard it well when I heard someone say that I didn't know how to run a company
" Look here" - I approached the person - "I've been running this company for 8 years and I've seen your face around, don't go around saying that I don't know how to manage a company"
He looked at me with a startled look on his face, probably not expecting me to hear and answer what he had commented to someone else
" By the way, you're fired, I hope I never see you around here again!"
The silence hovered around the place, everyone was paying attention and looking at me, which rarely happened
" And from now on it will be like this, the company is mine and I don't want to hear people talking bad about me about how I am in the company, regardless of whether they like me or not you are my employee and if I hear about my administration, I will fire you, I hope you have understood! "
I turned and walked towards the studio.
" I thought you weren't coming anymore and we were already leaving," said Philippe, sitting next to his friend.
" I'm not one to miss appointments "" This is Carlos, the friend I told you about"" Nice to meet you, Miss Mary," holding out his hand." My pleasure, may we begin?"" As you wish!" - Carlos winked, going toward the microphone" Wait a minute, where's the person who will take care of the table of sound?"" No need, I'll do it myself. I know how to work these buttons, don't worry."" I hope it doesn't break because the fine will be high."The sound started playing in the studio and I wish I could say that Carlos's voice was not promising and that I would not close the partnership, but I would be lying! He sings very well and is not out of tune. I watched Philipe working on the soundboard and tried to understand how he could work with it. In music I only understand voice and some arrangements, I used to sing a lot with Cláudia, my sister who is now deceased.
" Hey, did you like it?" - Philipe asked, turning to me
"Yes, I must admit that your voice is pretty " - I looked at Philipe- "Closed society!" That's good, but this afternoon I thought it over and decided that I want to put my name in the new company name as well. "" What is it? - I asked incredulously"" That's right, I want it to be Parker Taylor's Music Record's Society" "You must be going crazy "- You decide. You heard Carlos's voice and saw that he can save your company, so I want you to be fair and put my name on the new company name too.I didn't have much to think about and decided to accept, Carlos was promising, and having an extra name won't get in the way at all.
" Ok, no problem, your last name will be inserted "" You won't regret it, Mary Parker. APTMR will be a success"" What about me?" - Christian asked" Let's launch you into the music!" - I explained" YEAHHHH! "Carlos left like a madman, jumping around the room
I called Belinda and asked her to bring the contracts to be read and signed.
Once the contracts arrived, I read them paragraph by paragraph before signing
" Will it take long to sign?"
" I like to read before signing, I recommend you do the same so that you don't get bored later "" I already read and signed" - I said with a bored face
Carlos was still sitting there
" Now you Carlos can leave, as soon as they finalize the move here, the producers will contact you
" Okay, thanks for the opportunity, I'll wait for the contact" - He took his things and left" What? What do you mean we're moving here? What do you mean we're moving here? "
" Didn't you read the contract before signing? It says that the company's headquarters will be here, there will not be deactivated, and only the studios will remain. But your office, the producers' office, and the employees' office will all be here."
" Holy shit! Why did you do that?"" I didn't, I don't waste my time with this, the commercial representatives are the ones who decided. It must be because the space here is much bigger and we are located in Time Square."" Oh, shit!" - He ran his hands through his hair" Now it is already signed, there is no way to change it, next time read your contract, have a nice day!"I walked to the exit door, with him right behind me.
"Well, at least here I'll be closer to a beauty like you"
"you are so annoying"
I rolled my eyes and walked back to my office, it was late and I needed to get my stuff.
To my surprise, Giovanna was there
"You know what day tomorrow is, right?"
" Yes, I know!"
"And you come to work?"
"And why wouldn't I come?" I looked at her, grabbing my purse.
" I don't know, maybe you wanted to take the day for yourself, to think"
"Giovanna, not a day goes by that I don't think of her. Tomorrow morning I'll visit her grave, bring her flowers, and then I'll go to work."
" You need therapy and also make an appointment with Dr. Leonardo"
" And you need to understand that I'm not going to do any of that, bye Giovanna"
On the way to the car, I found Mariazinha stopped again, she came to ask me for coins and I gave her 5 dollars again.
Mary ParkerI entered the cemetery holding a bouquet of White Roses and carnations and knelt down in front of Claudia's grave as soon as I found it, was as I left the last time I came to visit a few days ago, the flowers were on top of the grave just as I left them the years before, beside our family pictures, trips, we were always smiling and having fun" You don't know how much I miss you my sister."This was the only sentence I managed to say before the tears started to fall down my face. I leaned against her grave and continued to cry." Mrs. Mary, are you all right?" - questioned the gravedigger" There's no way to be all right when you visit the deceased."" Do you want me to help you with something?"" I want you to leave and leave me alone. "" Ok "At this moment I got up, walked to the other side of the tomb and took one of our pictures, it was the picture of our first international trip, we went to Italy and Claudia took this picture of us in front of the Coliseum in Rome.
Philip TaylorI was startled and surprised by Mary's reaction when she kissed me and pushed me on her bed, I was excited to feel her rolling on top of me, I was dying to have sex with her again but as soon as I regained a bit of awareness of what I was doing I remembered that Mary was drunk and possibly not well, so I don't want to take advantage of the situation and I don't want to be accused of harassment and rape, because I don't know if she would actually want to have sex with me if she were fully lucid, so I quickly pushed her to the side, making her get off me and fall back onto the bed."What was that? Why did you push me?" she said, trying again to climb on top of me."I pushed you because you are drunk and possibly don't know what you are doing.""I know very well what I'm doing, didn't you want a thank you? Well then, I was thanking you " Trying once again to climb on top of me and I pushed her again"I will not accept this thanks, you are very beautiful and I have the desir
"Are you going crazy? Let me go or I'll scream."That's right, scream and in a few minutes you're sure to be on the cover of gossip sites, newspapers and magazines for screaming your in a restaurant.""What do you want? I have to get back to the company.""Why do you act like this?" - I let go of her arm."Like what?""You are angry and bossy with everyone, you refuse to have lunch with a child who is having a birthday and who seems to like you but you give her money to buy her presents, showing that you do care about her, and when you come back to your house, you yell, cry and throw drinks at the wall, why are you like that?""Why do you pay attention to what I do?"Don't answer my question with another question, please."Look here, I have to go, you've already taken all my time."Why don't you answer?""Maybe because I don't want to, maybe because it's my life" - he snorted - "now let me go, before I tell everyone that you impotent man and didin't have sex with me. They'll make fu
Mary ParkerIrritated, regretful and repulsive was how I felt, as I looked through one of the glass walls of my living room at the movement of cars and people in Times Square on Wednesday. The clock was 4:00 pm and if it were possible I would be home, but I have an appointment at the company and I don't want any more reasons for people to say that I don't fulfill with my responsibilities, especially Philip Taylor, my new asshole partner.I felt this way because I had broken one of my main rules: not get involved and not get involved and not to make out a man more than once. I did not want to do this and I could not do this. I didn't accept that. I heard the phone ring a few times while I was lost in thought, but I didn't answer.I began to tighten and claw myself, in order to discount everything I felt, my nails were long and sharp, they would surely help me. In fact, they always helped me." Mary Parker, what are you doing?" - Giovanna asked, walking into my living room"I’ve always
Philip connected his cell phone to the Bluetooth of the overhead projector in the room and then accessed Carlos' social networks, where the videos were postingEach video had about 5 million views and the likes were always around 1 million to 1.5 million."He really has a lot of views, but I still think it's too high."For God's sake!" - complained Philippe"Well, I understand that you don't want to close the contract, so let it go, I'm leaving."Wait! - We haven't finished the meeting yet, nobody leaves until it's over."You don't want me here, you say you like my voice but you don't want to hire me, which is your right since the company is also yours, so I'm leaving because I have a presentation in a bar to do tonight and I can't be late."I have an idea and I demand that you stay to hear it."Okay" - He sat down again"Here in the contract it says that if the contract is broken we will have to pay a fine of $ 500,000.00, I want to change that, I want this fine to be removed. - I pu
Philipe Taylor I had just gotten home, went to say hello to Leandro and his new girlfriend whom I was sure I knew from somewhere, but couldn't remember where, when I saw two men breaking into my house. They were well dressed, with clothes of well-known brands. As soon as they entered, they ransacked the gun and pointed it at us "THIS IS A ROBBERY! DON'T MOVE OR I'LL KILL YOU"- announced one of the bandits. "Take whatever you want, but please don't kill us," said Leandro, getting up from the couch in despair. "You can take whatever you want. "We don't want objects, we want money ... WHERE IS THE MONEY? " - shouted one of them "I have no money here, only in the bank" - I shuddered, swallowing dryly "I DON'T WANT TO DIE" Now it was Leandro's new girlfriend who screamed, her eyes wide with despair. I saw Leandro grab his girlfriend by the arm and run upstairs, returning seconds later without her and with his wallet in hand "Look, I have this money here, you can take it" - Handin
Mary Parker I had not slept well, in fact .. The only thing that had comforted me a little was that I had helped my best friend, because I knew that if something happened to her, I don't know what would happen to me. Giovanna is my only pillar. I had already taken my morning shower and was sitting at the table waiting for Rosana to finish serving "The table is already served as you like it, with fruits, coffee, whole wheat bread, cold cuts and cookies, do you want me to put anything else on the table?" - she asked "No, you may leave and go do your work. She was about to leave, when she turned around again with an envelope in hand "Sorry, I almost forgot, this envelope arrived here for you. " "You know I hate it when you forget something, don't you? - She nodded and I continued to speak - "Well, don't make that mistake again, if there's a next time I might not be so nice. "Please don't fire me" " I won't, but don't let it happen again, you can leave now, I want to have my coffe
We checked her in at the reception, but it wasn't long before the doctor apperared - Adele Scott's relatives? I saw Mariazinha get up from the chair she was alone in and say it was her - Good afternoon, I'm Dr. Bernard Cooper, how old are you, young lady? - I'm 8 years old, why? Where is my grandma? - I'm sorry but you won't be able to see her, it's hospital policy - I don't know if you can see, but she is with me - I answered - What is your relation to the patient? - You asked "And what does this have to do with anything? She is the patient's granddaughter, I am responsible for her today. "Where her grandmother is, she can't come in as a child. "What? You have to be kidding, right? Her grandmother is here and she has the right to see her grandmother with a guardian" - Already nervous, I crossed my arms "Not when it's a child coming to visit a patient in the ICU. - My grandmother is in the ICU? One day I heard my grandmother say that a friend of hers was in this place and