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He looked me up and down, and I smiled.
“See? I’ve got this,” I insisted.
He didn’t believe me but instead nodded. “Very well. Just ask me if you need anything. Got it.”
“Will do.”
He walked away, and I slumped in my seat. Why was this so hard? I didn’t know if I was even doing things right.
Being a receptionist for a place like this took it out of me. Every night, I came home feeling like I ran a goddamn marathon. I slopped on my couch, watched TV, and passed out. I sometimes passed out on the couch and would wake up with a crick in my neck the next day.
I wondered how long I could keep this up. It wasn’t easy work, and the way I was treated, not just by Aaron but by the other doctors, too, made me feel unwelcome.
Did I want to quit, though? I didn’t. Even though this job sucked, this was the most money I’d made in a long time. I saw my salary and nearly lost it, seeing the amount I’d get from it.
Needless to say, this had to be done. I had to take this job, whether I liked it or not. It would improve everything if I stayed here.
So, that was why I came in every single day, worked to the bone, and tried to do my best, despite wanting to cry in frustration just thinking about it. It wasn’t just for the here and now, but the future too.
The next day, I went inside, and Aaron was at the edge of my desk. That same serious stare he always had lingered, and I shuddered.
What the hell did he want? Did I do something wrong? It’d been two weeks since I started. He could be here to fire me.
“Hi there, Aaron,” I said, trying to keep an optimistic outlook on things.
“McKenzie.”
I stopped at my desk, looking around, trying to get past him. “Not to be that guy, but could I…get started?”
He gestured to his office, which was down the hall. “I’m here to talk to you about something. So that we don’t have to go all the way up to my main office, let’s go there.”
Oh no. What did I do? I looked around the place, gesturing to the beeping phone.
“There’s a couple of voicemails I need to return and—”
“I think it would be better if we talked first,” he said.
“But—”
He gave me one glare, and then I nodded.
“I see.”
I followed him to the office, which was staid and plain.
I got that it wasn’t his main office, but the air around here felt so impersonal. Aaron sat at the helm, the large glass window behind him. He looked at me with narrow eyes. He folded his hands, fixating his gaze on me.
From the moment I walked in, I knew that I was in deep shit.
“With all due respect, Aaron, I didn’t try to do anything wrong and—”
“Let me talk.”
I silenced myself, staring back at him, unsure what to say. There was so much I wanted to utter, but I refused to.
One wrong move and I could be fired.
The air was thick with tension. I felt his gaze stare at me as it cut through the whole room. If looks could kill, I’d probably be dead a few times over by now.
