Chapter 7 - Mr. Potato (1/2)

Rain poured outside the window, the water hitting the glass pane trickled down, making the outside world blurry for the person within. But it didn't matter. With our without the rain outside, the rain in her heart had already made her vision cloudy since earlier.

It's six in the evening, an hour since she returned home from work, and half an hour since she'd discarded her fancy business suit. She had changed into her pajamas, and was now nursing a steaming cup of tea in her hands as she lounged on the sofa.

Yanee Lee had a red nose and moist eyes as she stared at the window. Her plump lips clamped into a line as she took deep breaths. She'd been fighting the urge to cry out loud for a while now – had been resisting the urge to let her pain get the better of her since this afternoon.

”That project, if done correctly would be a huge hit. If not, say goodbye to your job.”

Tohru James, the mean potato boss, gave her the ultimatum: to work or get out.

A bitter smile played on her lips as a fat tear finally formed at the corner of her eye and rolled down her cheeks. As soon as it did, Yanee stubbornly shifted her cup into one hand as she angrily wiped her eyes. But that one teardrop was the beginning of her undoing.

The rest of her tears cascaded down like water bursting from a dam, and she was left with nothing to do but put her cup down onto the table as her audible cries started to escape her lips.  Her body racked in her sorrow as she sniffed.

The door opened without her noticing and a slender lady in a beige business suit entered with her long legs and feet in glossy beige stiletto trudged the carpeted floor in silence. The woman was stunning with her fair skin, huge pair of eyes with violet contact lenses, a scarlet lippie on her perfect bow of a mouth.

However, the woman in question had blue hair instead of the usual color. But it didn't lessen her beauty. Her overwhelming aura oozed with confidence, and this was probably what made her the more attractive.

”What happened?” the woman asked, making Yanee jerk from the sofa in surprise.

Yanee lifted her teary face, her lips puckering in a pitiful bow as she opened her arms towards the newcomer for a hug.

”Big sis, I'm sooooooo angry,” she wailed, and the other woman hurriedly went to her crying sister.

”What happened? Did you get bullied?” Ami asked as she hugged her.

”I think… I think I will quit my job,”Yanee sobbed, making her sister's eyes widen.

Ever since they were in elementary, Yanee had already wanted to become a writer for a notable publishing company. To say that she wanted to quit work now was totally shocking not just for her sister but probably to their parents when they hear about it.

”I don't want it anymore. I'll go back to Nagoya,” Yanee wept.

”Are you an idiot? You worked so hard to come here, and now you're saying you want to return after just two years?”

The apartment they were staying at was a two-bedroom unit owned by her older sister. Yanee just came to live with Ami two years ago when she started working for the magazine based in Tokyo after working so hard for a magazine based in their hometown. The two of them hailed from Nagoya, and they still went home during the holidays to spend time with their parents.

”Tell me what happened,” Ami prompted as she plopped on the sofa next to Yanee, but not before handing her a tissue.

As usual, with her sister's authoritative voice, Yanee followed, and she told her everything that happened.

”What? Your company was taken over and nobody told you?”