The next day when I come to work, I expect that Mr Dankworth has already fired me.
But he hasn't.
I'm relieved to know he didn't have the balls to fire me after all that I said to him yesterday. He's a pathetic disgusting man and he deserves to be anywhere but in the office. He deserves to be behind bars. I wonder how Diana Dankworth, a classy self-driven phenomenal woman like her could fall for such a shell of a man.
I enter the newsroom and join Sarah Stone on the desk. When I see her, I remember all the times she's been telling me about this 'he' and about just how naive I am. Yet all along, it's Dan Dankworth she was talking about.
But I remember her words yesterday and something doesn't add up
Tim enters my office some minutes after the pathetic old guy leaves my office. I really can't stand Mr. Dankworth."Morning Becks."Tim looks like he's in a really good mood today."Morning..." I mutter. The old man just spoiled my mood completely.Tim swings on my swivel chair with this coy grin on his face."What?""you and the boss? I thought it's a one time thing... Are you that sweet?"What!"What do you mean?""You know what I mean. I mean, how were you able to get the promotion?"I haven't touched the coffee on my desk. It's probably not that hot, probably lukewarm. I take the mug and spill the coffee on his face."Next time you say something so disgusting in my face, think twice."Tim stands from the chair wanting to hit me but I point my finger at him, scowl
I swear I'm in hell right now.Who said hell comes when you are dead? It comes when you are alive to kill you. And here it is, drenching the life out of me.And all I can do is reach for my swivel chair immediately before my feeble feet collapse and I fall flat on the ground."Is this you? Or did someone just make it to tarnish your name?"My mouth suddenly runs dry and I can't find the right words to get out of my mouth. I don't even have the strength to say anything. My whole body is trembling and I'm just clenching my hands, staring at Tim."Oh my God! It's you? "All I can do when h
A smile forms on my face as I look at her. I just can't believe she would take my side over her husband's. Some people on earth are walking angels. "She's a cheap woman!" Diana states. What! "My husband has been complaining how she tried to seduce him ever since he promoted her as a way to tell him Thankyou." Diana spins her head to look at me and wags a finger at me. "She's a pretentious homewrecker who is a bad role model to society. The leak of the sex tape shows us her true colours and I'm glad it's out in the open for everybody to see her for who she truly is. An immoral whore!"
Fordingbridge is just as I remember it.A small quiet town in New Forest, the county of Hampshire, with beautiful scenery of green streams and the bridge, hence the name Fordingbridge.This is the town I grew up in.A small quiet country town where I made friends, most of whom are just acquaintances now. Most of them got married and have kids now. Most of them wanted to stay here and not explore life outside Fordingbridge.But I had always been different. I always wanted something different. Despite me loving Fordingbridge, I always felt like I didn't belong here. Always felt like there's a world waiting for me outside this small country town. And now I'm back.
I leave the suitcase on the staircase and rush to the door to see who this mysterious man is.I'm flabbergasted by who I see standing at the doorstep."Kyle!"He smiles at me, digging his hands into the pockets of his pants like some popular high-school adolescent."Rebecca.""I'm the only one who calls her Rebecca." Grammy states, still scowling at him."I'm sorry, Grandma," says Kyle."The nerve!" Grammy snaps. "Have you heard what he just called me? A beautiful young woman like me who is ageing gracefully hence
"What the hell!" Kyle blurts out."That guy is lying." I say in the midst of tears.I thought all my troubles had ended with me coming here and the fire would cool down but no, Dax had to go ahead and light it up again.Shit! The whole world is seeing this. How could Dax do this to me? I know we fell out a long time ago but I never once expected he would stand so confidently on TV and talk trash about me.Jeez! Kyle must be judging me right now from all that Dax has said on TV."Who is that guy?" Kyle asks, looking pissed off as hell."He's my ex boyfriend from college..." I wipe
The scandal gets messier and messier as the days go by!Jeep! Just a day after the encounter with the press and Dax dies? Just like that? Okay, I was pissed off and I wished hell would swallow him. But I didn't mean it literally. I would never wish death on anyone honestly."You have not checked the second page." Grammy tells me.I wonder what's on the second page.BECCA STERLING HANGING OUT WITH FOOTBALL PLAYER, KYLE WALKER A DAY BEFORE HER EX DIES!The media must be making thousands of pounds from this juicy story. And it gets juicier by the day."The media can't seem to get enough
For a swift moment, my mind goes blank and my heart stops.I freeze.Just when I thought all this drama was coming to an end. Then this happens. How the hell am I the first suspect? I was not even in London at the time of the accident. How the hell could I have killed him when we were miles apart?Grammy just stares at me, confused about what to do. Confused about what to say.That's when Bruna calls. Where has she been the entire day when I tried to reach her?"Becca, I just saw the news," it's the first thing she tells me. "I'm sorry..."I'm really glad I have a new number