I haven't written any proper stories in a while so to get me back in the swing of things I've started with a small chapter to see if people are interested in reading more.
"Thank you Mom" Paul said as he kissed his Mom's cheek "I really appreciate you doing this".
Patricia shook her head at her son "Don't be silly, I don't mind doing this at all, it is actually my pleasure".
Paul picked up his jacket pulling it on "Now be a good girl for your Grandma Lucy". He kissed the little girls cheek
"I'm on my cell if you need me Mom, call me if there are any problems"
"Paul, I have looked after babies before, we will be fine so leave before you're late"
Paul put his hands up in defense before he grabbed his keys and headed for the door.
Stephanie got her usual black coffee from the Starbucks outside of the station as she headed to work with a pile of paperwork in her hands, unfortunately for her car was in the shop and would be there for a few days according to the mechanics so she was stuck taking the subway like ordinary people. Stephanie scoffed in disgust as she walked past the homeless people outside the station and headed in the general direction of the office.
Paul stood on the sidewalk staring at the instructions in his hand "Dammit, couldn't these have been put in English for me?" He started walking in the general direction of where he thought he was meant to be.
As she hurried to the office Stephanie sipped on her coffee and had a quick look at the paperwork in her hands at which point she collided with a hard object causing the coffee to go all over her and the paperwork in her hands.
"Are you stupid?"
"Oh my God, I'm so sorry, I wasn't looking where I was going and didn't see you. Are you okay Ma'am?"
Stephanie looked at the paperwork in her hands and at her white coat that now had a massive brown stain on it.
"Do I look okay? My coat and paperwork are both ruined"
Stephanie roughly pushed past Paul and continued on to her office to check out the damage properly.
She walked into the office building in a foul mood and blanked anyybody who attempted to talk to her before heading for the safety of her own office.
"Ste . . ."
Stephanie put her hand up to silence her Personal Assistant, she did not want to talk about it and she slammed her office door behind her.
Thanks to a few passers by Paul finally managed to get to his destination
"At last, I thought I would never get here and I'm only ten minutes late"
Paul rubbed his face as the warm air of the office building assaulted him and he made his way to the elevator, he had a potentially life changing appointment to keep.
As he stepped off the elevator Paul looked left and then looked right before smiling
"Bingo"
Turning right and walking to the end of the corridor he smiled upon seeing a familiar face
"Shawn, it's so good to see you"
"Paul, dude I thought you'd never get here," Shawn stepped out from behind the desk "So what the hell took you so long? I called your Mom and she said you left at 8"
"I did but I got lost and then I . . ."
Just then the door to the office swung open
"YOU? What the hell are you doing here?"