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"How official!" He mocked, shielding his body from another violent hit from me.
"You're just crazy. Please don't forget to get me the plane ticket. I'll be all packed up and waiting for you to return this evening".
"Alright. I'll be leaving now. I made you breakfast. Try not to throw up, please. It took me an hour to make those waffles."
"An hour? Just to make waffles? Did you use sunlight to cook them?" I rolled my eyes at him. "All for some tasteless waffles."
“Hey, if they were tasteless maybe you should save some for me. I didn’t want all that effort to go to waste.” He left the room while I laughed. I was certainly going to miss Justin. That is for sure!
Chapter 25
Ian
"What happened? I heard Ashley resigned.” Ryan stormed into my office. I was totally in shock.
"What are you talking about? You informed me she was feeling unwell yesterday and asked for a sick leave. Isn't that why she still didn't turn up for work today? I checked her office today, but she wasn't there".
"Yeah, yeah. I know what I told you, but that was yesterday. She sent in her resignation this morning through Justin, her friend. She's not coming back and she doesn't clearly say why in the letter".
"You're kidding!" My heart is beating fast now, this is not the outcome I am expecting. Ashley could not just up and leave!
"Do I look like I am joking?" Ryan was serious. I got up from my seat and stormed out of the office.
"Ian! Wait up!" Ryan yelled chasing after me while scared for what I might do. I walked to Justin's tech department and found him in his office working on some papers.
"Get up!" I ordered him as I stormed into the office in full rage.
"Sir?" He asked, looking confused and shocked.
"I said get up!" Justin adjusted his seat, stood up and looked at me directly in the eyes.
"You will go now and tell Ashley that I want to see her in my office right away! Do you hear me?" Justin kept silence and just stared at me, not moving an inch.
"I believe I'm speaking to you, yeah?!" I yelled again. My voice resounding across the room.
"With all due respect, sir. I won't be able to do that". Justin finally answered defiant and confidently standing his ground.
"Excuse me? Did I hear you right?" Ryan was pulling me back now as I advanced closer to Justin. My rage was getting the better part of me.
"I can't do that Sir. I believe Ashley reserves the right to resign if she wants to, and she had her good reasons".
"What reasons?!" For some reason, I was further enraged. What reason could she have had to just up and leave like this?
"That's not for me to say, perhaps you need to search your conscience, and you just might find answers, sir." Justin was obviously ready to stand for Ashley no matter what this morning.
"Let's go Ian, let's go now!" Ryan practically pulled me out of the room back to my office and shut the door behind him.
"What do you think you're doing?" He asked giving me a stern look.
"Finding out the truth! That's what! And I'll get it out of that young man!"
"Get a hold of yourself Ian! Justin has nothing to do with this.”
Ryan continued, “ This is all your fault, I warned you about ignoring her after that night, didn't I? Did you not see this coming? This is all on you." Ryan had been waiting to tell me this since he warned me what was going to happen.
"This isn't just about I ignored her, Ryan! Did you hear what Justin said? Did you see the way he looked at me? He looked so angry. All that anger can't be just because I ignored Ashley's feelings. There's more to why she left, I'm sure of it.”
I grabbed Ryan’s shoulder, “Why did she wait until after she sees a doctor to resign? I'm positive that this might have something to do with what she found out during the visit to the doctor."
