Kimberly POV
It was ten at night when the elevator door to Kaleb office opened and he stepped into the room looking exhausted and ready to pass out.
“Mr Eustis?” I ran out to catch him before he collapsed on the ground.
“I d-don’t need help! Book me a hotel for tonight, now!” He snapped at me as he walked towards his desk. “Where’s the diary I gave you?”
“The diary?” I asked dumbfounded. Why would he be thinking of that diary right now. “Are you sure you don’t want to rest for a while?”.
“Do not tell what I should do and shouldn’t be doing Ms brown. Get the diary and call the next three women on the list!” His voice was hoarse.
“What are you waiting for? I said now!” He snapped at me as I rushed to my desk to get the diary he asked for. “And make sure to keep a two hour interval for each appointment”.
Finding the next three names on the red diary I called each of them and gave them the appointments to the hotel where Kaleb frequently meets with his clients. I informed him the reservation, all he did was nod at me and head towards the elevator door.
Feeling extremely guilty for having just selling off those three women. I sat down thinking of what to do next. I’ve never meet someone like Kaleb who had no respect for women. And to think that he even has a sister! Picking up my phone I swept through my contacts to find someone to share my thoughts with. I swiped down further until I came across Mary’s name.
“of course!” Mary had not only a good insight but she also knew all about the Eustis’s brother shenenagins. I pressed the call button.
“Hey sunny! You staying over tonight?” Cheerful as always even though she was just getting home. Bluebird has been helping us run the company smoothly until Kaleb was back on his feet.
Oh he was back alright and the first thing he decided to do was to fuck around rather than reassuring his employees that he was okay now. I told Mary.
“Hmmm I totally understand what you mean. Hey I’m making dinner today want to join?”
“Mary I’m feeling guilty about what I did and you’re talking about dinner, really!”
“Look it’s clear that Mr Eustis is a manwhore and he won’t be coming back this night. So I suggest you come over and have dinner. An empty stomach isn’t going to give you any ideas. Do you get me?”
“Yeah I’ll be there as soon as I clean up here. I’ll be there in half an hour”.
“Great. I’ll have dinner ready by then”.
I was about leaving when my eyes meet the glossy cover of the red diary. I picked it up and shoved it inside my bag before heading out.
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I’ve had a look at kaleb’s diary while I was heading to Mary’s place and found over two hundred names written in it. I felt sick.
“Look”. Mary sighed. “I’m not saying the Eustis’s brother are doing the right thing but you have to know that those women were not forced into this. You spoke on the phone with them right? Did they sound unwilling to you?”
I frowned my face. “Stop playing the devil’s advocate”.
“Well I’m just saying you need to know your limit”, Mary said.
She was right, I was poking my nose where it didn’t belong but I couldn’t stand back and watch him humiliate a woman. I already know what to do.
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Next morning, I arrived with kaleb’s special coffee just before the elevator door shut. Mary and I had a nice night and when she had fallen asleep I’d sneaked out of the room and made some calls.
I know I was stalling thinking about various things so that my mind stays adverted from the events that were about to unfold today. The women in the diary were all adults, late 20’s to early 30’s. Some where even in their early 40’s. I’d made sure they could make their own decisions without me interfering. But there was this tiny part of me that kept screaming foul play.
“Is this a one time thing Ms brown or did you decide that since I’d already hired you it’s okay to come in late.”
Kaleb’s sharp voice cut through my thoughts and I looked at the walk clock to find that it was already 8:45am. My eyes widened at the time, I’ve never been this late to work.
“I’m sorry Mr Eustis, but there are guests waiting for you at the lounge, would you like to meet them?” I asked handling him the cup of espresso.
“Guests?” He frowned. “I didn’t know I had a meeting today or did you forget to put that in my schedule?”
“No sir they came in unexpectedly. They’ll be here shortly”.
“And who might they be Ms brown, you know I do not meet people if they don’t have prior appointment.”
“I’m sure you’ll like to meet them”. Just then the elevator door opened and about fifteen women came inside at once, all gorgeous in their own right and they all looked pissed off.
The reason I was late was because I had to welcome them and made sure they sat together in the lounge room. The women could not have waited to quench their curiosity about why they were all here to see Kaleb. And that would have brought their personal connections with him. As predicted the rage in their eyes looked like my plan succeeded.
And then something unexpected happened.
The women had hardly come halfway into the waiting area when Kaleb stepped in front of me, blocking his face from view…. the temperature in the room dropped instantly and I felt goosebumps break out on my skin.
And that when I knew something was very, very wrong.