Chapter 262: Even If It Kills Me
Jen helped Brooke to a seat next to her, while Avery helped with her crutches. Sitting in-between them she waited for the supervisor to come in and give a welcome address and then assign each of them to their departments.
"Hey, I think it’s cool that this company is so accommodating. Out of all the places I applied to, this was the only place with the most flexible work hours." Avery pointed out, breaking the silence.
Jen nodded, "I checked the vacation status, and I was stunned with how many paid days off the staff get."
Avery cracked a grin, "It must pay having a young hot CEO running the management, right, Brooke?" she nudged Brooke’s side with her elbow.
A patch of pink painted Brooke’s cheeks, "I-I agree, this company is very accommodating." her tone dropped, "Where else would someone like me get accepted?" she reflected on the past applications she had sent in, only to never even get any feedback from the companies.
Sitting in the waiting room, it felt surreal to Brooke that Halton. Inc responded to her application.
Jen tossed a hopeful look to Avery to try and help lighten the mood, but their chit chat was cut short by the sudden arrival of the supervisor holding a black clipboard to his chest.
On arrival, Jen and Avery got up to greet him, but the supervisor’s gaze zoned in on the woman still sitting down. He traced his eyes to the crutches laid down and raised a suspicious brow. He swiftly peeked into the clipboard and then at Brooke, she repeated the process, alternating her glances three times.
Brooke hurriedly tried to reach for her crutches; Jen noticed and quickly helped her up.
However, just as Brooke got on her foot, the supervisor barked furiously at her. "Is this some sort of prank?" he demanded, looking at Brooke.
Brooke hung her head on her shoulders, "D-Did I do something wrong-"
The supervisor widened his eyes, genuinely shocked by her question. "Did you do something-" his pitch went high.