Two Months Later

Bull yawned as he stepped into one of the TAC elevators. Benny had done an amazing job as head of the company, but that was now over. Benny had been relieved to hear the previous day that Bull was returning to work. It had been a long two months for both of them- Benny had hated being in charge and had been unsure of how Bull managed such a rude team of workers, and Bull had been bored and sick of staring at the walls in his apartment.

"Jason! You're finally back!" exclaimed an over-excited Benny when Bull walked into his office. "How do you put up with those people?"

"I don't know. Maybe it's easier with you on the team. I know at least one person likes me here."

"You're the boss. Fire them."

"If I fire them, Benny, I won't have a business anymore. Besides, until I get my speech back up to scratch, nobody is going to want to work for me."

"That's ridiculous..."

"Is it? You saw the way they acted when I came in last week. They avoided me like I had the plague. How do you think people that don't know I had such a serious injury would react?"

Benny shook his head. "It's not right."

"Maybe not, but there's not much I can do." Bull shrugged. "It's okay. The longer they stick around, the more of a bad recommendation I can give to future employers."

"That's cruel."

"So are they. If they can dish it out, then they can take it when I give it back."

Benny laughed. "Oh, Jason. Listen, Juanita called this morning. She's coming in this afternoon to visit you. She said she wanted to say goodbye properly to you. I think she might also just want to see how well you are. Juanita was really upset when she heard how bad things were."

Bull smiled. "Of course she was. Did I tell you she was the best assistant ever?"

"You did."

The End

The next installment in this series will be out soon. It will be called 'Finding Out'. That story will give more detail for the two months missing in this story.