CHAPTER 37

LAYLA’S CELL PHONE beeped while she was at her desk, busy chatting on Facebook Messenger on her laptop. She picked up her phone and saw Anika’s text message. Come to my office, she told her. She left the conversation on her laptop and stood up and with her phone in her hand, walked towards her boss’ office.

Anika, who was tinkering with her own cell phone, smiled generously at her when she peeked through the slightly-opened door, like her boss was a flower and she the sunlight she needed, and Anika gestured her to come inside. She walked inside and sat at the vacant chair in front of her desk. Anika put the phone down on her desk and asked her, “So I heard you already heard the good news about Allan?”

She flashed her a shy smile. ‘Yes, ma’am,” she answered. “Sir Ambert called me up this morning.”

“I’m just curious, maybe, you want to show him your gratitude.”

Layla had been thinking on how to show her gratefulness to Ambert, and to Anika. “I-I don’t know how,” she said.

Anika laughed.