Which was another reason she left earlier too. She didn’t know how long it’d be before she could come up to this floor. Last week her father had given her name at the front, but she still had to wait to have her picture taken and sign in.
She put the badge around her neck. That was how she saw most people wearing it. Not Ethan. He probably had it in his pocket.
“Do I need this to move around the entire building?”
“Yes,” Blair said. “On this floor, you’re good. But Bond Enterprises takes up these top three floors. Since they own the building, no one can get to these floors on the elevator withoutsecurity bypassing or having a badge. No one can get on an elevator without a badge and that includes a temporary one by security.”
She hadn’t realized how secure the building was but should have.
“I won’t move around other than the floor most times?” she asked. “Or will I?”
“You’ll be here with the executives and senior level staff. There are occasions for you to go to the other floors and today I’m going to give you a tour of everything and introduce you around.”
She lowered her head, along with her voice. “You’re not going to tell anyone who I am, right?”
Blair reached for her hand and lightly touched it. “No. There are a few other Joneses who work here and are of no relation to Norris. Those who knew he had a daughter, they heard Eleanor. But I’m sure it might get out at some point.”
She kept the sigh back. Barely.
Nora supposed the fact that her father had not acknowledged the name she was addressed as for years was going to benefit her.
“I’m not volunteering it and I know he won’t.”
She’d talked to her father over the weekend. As thrilled as he was that she had a job, and a good one in his eyes, he was emphatic their relationship be kept a secret for now.
She found that funny when several already knew, but her father assured her none of those men would say a word.
“For your sake, I hope your father stays at his end of the building.”
Her father was on this floor, but not in the executive suite. She wasn’t so sure how often he came down here and never asked. She wouldn’t.
To her, if she crossed paths with him, all she was going to do was grin and nod her head.
“Me too,” she said.
“You didn’t have a problem getting your paperwork done this weekend?”
“No. It was easy enough.”
“That’s what we like to hear. Now, let’s walk around and check the place out, then we’ll get down to work. For the next two weeks, we’ll work together in my office. Then I’ll be packing for a week before I move. I won’t come in, but I’ll be around if you need me.”
“You’re staying on part time, you said?”
“I will at some point. I told Ethan I need a week to transition into my living space with my mother, get things under control with her, but I will always be around. Once I’m settled, I’ll have some set hours to put in each week. This job is very dynamic. There is no way I can train or teach it all in two weeks, and there won’t be a need for it.”
“Can I ask, are you staying on part time long term or just until I’m up to speed?”
“That’s undecided, but Ethan is hoping long term. Let’s just get through these few weeks first, but you won’t be left hanging. Never worry about that. And Ethan can do for himself and he’s going to have to learn to.”
Hours later, she and Blair were in Blair’s office at the small table eating their lunch and going over light conversation.
Things that she didn’t need to take notes on, but was. It was more Blair handling correspondence and setting up meetings and showing her how she did it and used the software.
“Where is mine?”
She turned her head to see Ethan in the open doorway. She hadn’t seen him yet today and didn’t even know if he was in.
Blair hadn’t said if Ethan made his presence known or not daily, but she had seen his calendar was blocked off with meetings. She was positive Blair would fill her in on when or where those meetings could be held based on the color-coding system that she was going to learn.
