Chapter 2

{at Blues architecture}

Lily walks into the company building, and everybody yells “ happy birthday”

Lily looks surprised “ is today my birthday. Wendy”

Wendy pushes herself through the crowd of people that gathered to say happy birthday. “ Yes Mrs. Blues” Lily gave her a stern look and Wendy said “ I meant Miss Lily.”

“You know Wendy, I have a feeling you want to be demoted from assistant to a janitor.” said Lily

“ I am sorry ms.bl..Lily, ms. Lily”

“ So what date is it today Wendy.” asked Lily

“Um..” Wendy checks the phone “ it is october 9th”

“Okay,I didn't even know today was my birthday, I will be heading to my office now and tell the workers down the hall to be quiet, they are too loud.”

{ 2 hours later}

Wendy knocks at Lily’s office door.

“ Come in.”

Wendy comes in with a flower and a gift bag. “ Someone dropped this for you at the front office.”

“ blue lilies, there is only one person i know in the world that would get this for me.”

Wendy then said “ is it from a boyfriend, or a secret admirer.”

“ wendy, you are still here, get out of my office.” said Lily

“ Yes, maam.” said Wendy as she left the office.

Lily smiles and says “what am I going to do with that girl.”

She then Looks at the tag on the flower that says “ to my beautiful Lily from james.” She looked into the gift bag and saw a carton of orange juice. She picks up her phone and dials a number.

“ Hello, James, I saw your Little present and I love it. I didn’t know you had still remembered me it’s been a year since we last texted in secrete”

[james] “ i wish i could have gotten something more better than that”

[Lily] “ don’t say that you know how orange is important to me, i haven’t had one in years, my parents banned me from taking one because of my addiction to it.”

[James] “ Well, do you like the flower, I got you.”

[Lily] “ it is just like when we were in high school.”

[james] “ i still can't believe you have my number, after all the years”

[Lily] “ I saved it as a yoga lady, because my father is snoopy and he doesn't like us together.

[James] “ Seriously, Yoga Lady.”

Wendy knocks at the door.

[Lily] “ I have to go bye.”

“ come in wendy”

“Ms.Lily, remember when you scheduled a meeting with the manager of the branch office in the Uk.” said wendy

“Yes wendy i remember that was just yesterday.”

“Well, he refused the meeting date, he said he would rather come today and get it over with.” said wendy

“ Okay fine by me, but what time is he going to be here?”

“Ms.Lily, he is already here, he is waiting for you in the meeting room. With the board of directors”

Lily sighs

“ Okay, tell them I will be there”.

{The meeting room}

Lily enters the Meeting room, where the board of directors and the manager of the Branch in the Uk were.

“ so, I hope you enjoyed your flight from the Uk.” said lily

“ I enjoyed it, thank you.”

“ Oh and what’s your name?” Lily asked

“ My name is George.”

“ so, George, we received a report about our Branch in the UK.”

“ What reports? we have been doing amazing work since the branch opened.” said george

Lily passes a file to George.

“ In the past 2 years a total of 15 buildings have been reported to be unstable and have weak foundations.” said lily

“ I have never heard such reports before, it must have been a mistake.” george says

“ No it's not a mistake, reports come to us first, because they don’t want you guys covering it up, and I checked the reviews from your branch’s app, and it’s all about you workers not being nice.”

“ I am sorry I never knew this happened, i will correct it and find out which building group is responsible for this and I will fire them.” said george

“ I was thinking we should shut down that branch until we fix all the damages caused, which is going to cost a lot of money, once we are done we rehire some better skilled architects to run that area.”

The board all talk among each other one of them said, “ that is a very good idea”

“ But people would lose their jobs, people with families who need the job.”

“ I am sorry but I had to make this choice, if you want you could come work with me here, but other than that, there is nothing I can do.”

George then stands up and says “ i would like to work with you, i will meet you tomorrow by 8:00” then he walks out of the meeting room.

One of the board members then said, “ have you dealt with the problem about the breached contract.”

“ i think the breach in the contract, is a fake i asked mr william yesterday, he said there was no breach in the contract and he doesn’t know anything about a merger, but the only person who knew about it was that human-pig of his son Josh.” said Lily

A board of directors member said, “ but if he faked the breach in the contract, isn’t that a crime because it kind of is like forgery. And he gets sued and pays a fine.”

“ I am counting on it. But we have to find evidence to prove it ” said Lily

{ at the manor}

Lily walks into the manor, the lights are off, she then turns it on and everybody jumps out of their hiding places and says surprise. Lily startled and said “ wow you guys gave me a heart attack.”

Lily’s father then said “ happy birthday my lovely daughter. Your mother and I know you haven't had your favourite drink in a long time. So we got you a jug of orange juice, and we bought you your own car.”

“Oh my God, thank you so much, and for the orange juice umm, i love it.” said Lily.

Susan came close to Lily and said softly “ I know you've had some orange juice already, if not you would have chugged down this jug of orange juice at first sight.”

Lily replies “ this secret is between me and you.”

Then the front door flung open and a woman came in and yelled “ where is my birthday girl.”

“ Aunt Agnes, oh my god.”

Agnes goes and gives Lily a hug “ oh my baby girl has grown so big, i hardly recognise you.”

“ Come on Jane, don’t be shy. It’s your cousin Lily” said Agnes.

Jane comes in through the door carrying a bunch of luggage.

“Susan go help the poor girl carry her luggage.” said Lily

Susan carries the luggage. Lily and Jane both look at each other seriously

[jane] “lily”

[Lily] “Jane”

They soon burst into laughter and hugged each other.

“ Happy birthday Lily. So where is the party at.” said jane

“There is no party, i didn’t want a party this year.” said lily

“ So then where is the cake?” said jane

“ Mom, where is the cake?” said Lily

Lily’s mother said “ I thought your father got it.”

Lily turned to her father. “ Dad, I suppose you have the cake.”

“Sorry Lily, I thought your mother got them. But hey you turned 20 today, be excited your mother and i will get you the perfect cake tomorrow ” Lily’s father said.

“ Come on Jane, let me show you to your room.”

{2 hours later, in Lily’s room}

As Lily was sleeping she kept on tossing and turning, she then opened her eyes and sat up on her bed. Her eyes glowed blue and the lights in her room flickered and soon all the power in the crystal city went out.

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