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I didn’t feel comfortable leaving just yet. I needed an explanation. “I didn’t think I would see you until tonight.”
“I changed my mind,” she replied, as she typed.
If she thought that I would accept that and leave her to work, she really didn’t know me. Walking into the office, I sat in the chair opposite of her, yet said nothing.
Finally, she looked up and asked, “Did you need something?”
“Yes.”
“What?” she asked.
“An answer. Why are you here, Ovi? You left yesterday without a word, and this morning, let’s just say you weren’t thrilled to see me.”
“I wasn’t.”
“What changed?” I questioned.
“My father. He said I needed to be here. So, I’m here,” she explained.
Sounded like Trye. For the most part, he was the most reliable person I’d ever met. That was until he wasn’t.
“I’m glad you decided to listen to him.”
She glared at me. “Just to be clear. I’m not here to make you happy. I am here to make my father happy.”
“Point taken.” It was obvious that she was still pissed at me. But she was here, and that was promising enough for me. “How is your father?”
“You know he isn’t really sick,” she stated.
I nodded. “I also know that he is no fool. He must have questioned why I was there. Unless you had already informed him that I was back in Tabiq.”
“No. I hadn’t. I’d planned on doing so, but you arrived uninvited. Is that going to become a habit of yours? Showing up at my home without an invitation?”
I grinned. “Since you don’t invite me, I guess that is the only way I have. But on a serious note, what did you tell your father?”
“The truth. That you’re cold and heartless and you have fired him,” she said, angrily.
I could tell Ovi was hoping to get a reaction out of me. It didn’t happen. “I would’ve liked to have told him myself, but at least he is aware now.”
“That’s all you have to say?”
“What would you like me to say, Ovi?”
She huffed. “That you are sorry. Or that you realize that you were wrong and that my father isn’t the horrible employee you make him sound like.”
“I don’t recall ever saying he was horrible. For several years he was...very responsible. That changed. You can argue with me all you wish, but you will never get me to agree that what he did was right.”
“Because you’ve never made a mistake, have you?” she challenged.
“I’ve made plenty.”Hiring you is probably one of them.
“Then you should be more understanding, and not expect perfection from others.”
I laughed. “There is a huge difference between perfection and someone not showing up for work for more than a month. Hell, he had you impersonate him.”
“No, he didn’t. I did that on my own. He knew nothing about that at the beginning.”
I couldn’t believe that. Ovi was analytical, not devious. Then again, she hadn’t done it for herself. Ovi loved her father, and because of that, I could see her doing just about anything to save his job.Good thing I’m not a scumbag who would take advantage of that.
