Unforgettable Memories...

One day ago...

'Mr. Niall, I have to leave this job cause my family and I are shifting somewhere else.' Said Amanda Wilkinson to me in a quavering voice and placed a resignation letter on my table. I don't know why but she was afraid that I'll find out somehow that this was her excuse and that's it, I already knew.

'Yeah, why not. Just leave, I'm also fed up of your mistakes and accepting your apologies. So...Just leave!' I said and at last, I screamed my words. 

She walked out, but even though she tried to walk I knew she rushed out. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath to control my apoplexy. She was really an irritating Manager. Her mistakes made me think sometimes that I should do the work that she was supposed to do. Despite asking her to do so with her zero IQ level. Well, she was gone and again I was compelled to find a new manager. Well, it was not that hard, Emma will help me. In all the women she is the only sensible woman I've found. And... someone knocked on the door of my cabin.

'Come in.' I said and a lady making tik tok voices came in. She was Emma.

'Mr. Niall, there's a meeting for you to attend according to your schedule and, I'll take you there.'

'Alright .' I said and then I realized that she was driving me there, 'Wait..why?' I said and Emma understood what I asked.

 'cause...Amanda is on leave.' She replied.

'Lea..leave?' I said.

'Yeah, don't know why.' she said looking at some papers.

'Actually, she's not on leave.' I said and she looked up at me and her eyes bugged out like she already knew the reason.

'This....is the reason.' I said and lifted an envelope in my right hand being a bit hesitant.

'What!!' She screamed lightly. 'Why again..huh, I told you to control your anger and not to scold her more. Why don't you just listen to me?' She said being worried.

'Okay yeah, whatever. Just put on the vacancy list today.' I said.

'It's too early Mr. Niall .' 

She said and looked at me and I raised my eyebrows commanding her to do so anyhow. She sighed in defeat. 

'Okay, I'll do as you say.' She said and was about to walk out.

'And Emma!' I said and she turned around with

raised eyebrows.

'Umm..this time...you may choose the manager. I'm fed up with it.' I said and she walked outside banging the file she had in her hand on her head for once.

I saw the time and I sighed it was not an important meeting, it was a hectic meeting. Cause where I was going I had no idea why he called me to meet. But, I have to go there. I went down to the ground floor and Emma started to drive the car as I sat comfortably.

I stepped out of my car as Emma opened the door, we've reached the destination finally. She said that she'll wait outside and I realized that I have to suffer through all of this all alone. But why?

I looked at the venue it looked as same as before, though I went there almost after one year. Well, why would it change, the owner too never changed he is as same as he is all these years. There were so many guards outside, bowing down to me one by one as I was passing by them. The lawn was the same, there were trees and flowers and seatings. After walking for about two minutes on the path I reached the main door of the place I opened the door and found him standing, my father. He was smiling after seeing me. I came in and gave a fake smile to him and he hugged me. Something was fishy, why was he acting like this all of a sudden?

'Come in, my son! Come in.' He said laughing and patted my back.

'May I ask you a question, Dad?' I asked him with all the honorifics I could add.

'Ask it directly son, why this formality?' He said.

Something is wrong. Something is totally wrong. Why is this happening all of a sudden? I thought.

'What happened son, ask.' He said.

'I just wanted to ask, why you have called me here?' I asked.

'You look in a hurry, why?' He said and I looked down.

'Come, have lunch and then we'll talk.' He said as we headed towards the dining space.

A soon as I went to the dining space behind Dad I saw a lady of short height with brown hair wearing a dark pink dress ending just below her knees. She was looking very decent. I knew who she was, she was my mother, stepmother. Though she is not my real mother, she treats me very nicely. She is like a nice and polite mother to me since my mom left me, twenty years ago.

'Look Flora darling, whose here.' Said, Dad.

And as soon as I entered the dining hall behind my father my mom came and hugged me. She patted me on back while hugging and said,

'Oh! Niall long time no see. Where have you been? Do you know how much I missed you?' 

I just smiled cause there was no other reaction I could've afforded. Cause Dad was acting weird. What was the reason? It was still, unknown to me.

'Come sit.' She said after hugging me for almost five minutes. Finally, we sat on the dining table with Dad on the chair center chair and I sat beside dad. This was the time when all their intentions were about to get revealed. The maid came in served the dishes, it looked like most of the dishes were made keeping me in mind. 

'Fill yourself, Niall, you look pale.' She said.

'You don't eat properly, don't you.' She said making an angry but cute face and I coughed.

We started eating and no one talked in between as it is a rule of our house. After we finished eating and the maids took the empty plates away from the table mom kept her hands on the table and said,

'So, Niall how is Carla?' 

'Ca..Carla?' I asked being confused.

'Yeah, your girlfriend....her name is Carla, right?' She said and looked towards dad and he nodded.

So this was their intention. They could have asked earlier without wasting any time, why all these treatments? I sighed.

'We...we broke up a year ago and now I don't think there's any point for us to be together again.' I said.

'What? Broke up? But I told you to be with her, that girl can bring our company a big profit. Why can't you understand.' Said Dad and banged the table with his fist.

'But dad I don't think so. She's very fastidious and I can't live with her.' I said with full anger.

Slowly my apoplexy was taking the place of patience in my mind. 

'It's enough Niall you can't do this. I'm your father and you should obey all my orders.' He said and stood up. 

'Oh really! What should I do? Should I become a Yes Man for you? Or should I behave like Drake? ' I said.

And mom clutched my hand which was on the table, 

'Niall .' She said worriedly.

'Niall enough you have to obey whatever I'm saying. And that's my final order?' He said yelling at his highest pitch.

'Why should I? I'm not your slave like...Drake!!' I said and he stormed towards outside.

I stood there, panting, and suddenly feeling that sweat captured my whole body. Mom stood up with flooded eyes cause this was not what she was looking forward to, I guess. She wiped the sweat on my forehead with her handkerchief. She titillated my shoulder and said,

'I'm sorry Niall it was my fault I shouldn't have asked you such a question.' 

I turned to her and smiled and rubbed her cheek with my hand and said,

'Not your fault mom. Gotta go.' I said and went out of my car.

'So, what happened inside? Did you two fought again?' Asked Emma as soon as I came near my car.

'I mean...You and Dra...'

'No no no...not at all.' I interrupted her.

'I'm happy that he, that jerk was not here. Today else one of us Could've died. Well... whatever, take me to my home as I don't think there's any other meeting I have to attend. Am I correct?' I said as I walked towards my seat and looked at Emma 

'Umm no. Not at all, I knew, after this, you won't be in a mood so I cancelled all the afterwards meetings.' Said Emma.

She is just so understanding, how could she be. I just nodded and gave a small smile to her and got into the car and she took me home.

In the evening an email came to me with the name of the candidates for the interview and I saw her name written, by her name, I didn't recognize but her face got me to remember someone and I just whispered,

'Sarah...'