WNP:  3/29/13

A strange clamness came over him as he entered the silent room...


Dex was finally ready to sign the recording contract.  His years of sweat and toil is finally paying off.  He couldn't believe his good fortune, his nerves were beginning to get the best of him.  He straightened his tie and tugged at his suit sleeves, he wondered about his overall appearance and decided that it was too late to worry about how he looked.  "I've arrived," he said to himself.  "This is what success feels like."   He sat on the plush white leather sofa and gazed at the abstract murals that graced the few solid walls that existed, while waiting for the receptionist to send him into the office where his life would change forever.  In the mean time he looked at his surroundings, glass everywhere, so much glass, and the black marble floors reflected the glare of the light from outside, the office appeard to float above the streets more than fifty stories below. 

"Mr. Dexter," said the beautiful young receptionist from behind her marble surroundings.  "I'll take you in to see E'mil now."  She moved to the front of the counter and motioned for him to follow her, "this way she said softly, her red lips smiling, and her hips moving seductively.in a tight lepard print mini-skirt"  She lead him down a  corridor where the carpet was so plush he almost lost his footing.  She came to a set of carved double doors, a stark contrast to the modern accoutrements from the entrance.  She opened the door and in one smooth movement beckoned him to enter, a strange clamness came over him as he entered the silent room where E'mil sat wating behind a huge plexiglass desk to change his life forever.

WNP       "Why did you hang up on me?"


It had been a busy, busy day with everyone demanding a piece of Charlotte that she wasn't willing to give.  Not today.  This is the day she decided to take control of her life.  Email and the demands of her office phone and cell phone were making her work day harder than it needed to be.  On several occasions she let voice mail catch her calls.  By mid afternoon,  the co-workers were pretty irritated that she would not pick up.

"Hey Charlotte, what's with you not answering the phone?"

"I'm trying to catch up on some work,"  she said loudly, hoping they would just bug off and leaver her alone to work. Several times she answered the phone, liftiing the receiver and and hung up before saying anything, "I'm really getting behind.  The darned phone is so demanding, there are times when I just want  to toss it along with mly computer straight into file 13."

Several of the workers complained that Charlotte is not taking her share of the calls.

In comes Mrs. Cavanaugh, she looked none to happy with a stern look and scowl upon her face. 
"I'm in trouble now,"  thought Charlotte.

"Charlotte," declared Mrs. C loudly.  Everyone within ear shot turned to listen as Mrs. C yelled.  "Why
did you hange up on me?"

WNP 3/8/13
"She stared at her reflection in the silver spoon..."

WNP  3/12/13      
"An awful smell arose from the toater..."