"Ma'am something unusual is going on in the restaurant and I think you should have a look on the situation," said Sarah the P.A. Rosalyn excused herself from the call and looked up to Sarah, She said "you think you can't handle a commotion Sarah? I was on an important business call", "Sorry ma'am but you should come see, it is not the Customer it is one of the Chefs." Sarah replied humbly and without further questioning Rosalyn stood up from her swiveling chair and headed down to the restaurant on the first floor and her P.A. followed suit. When she got down she could not comprehend what was going on at first and everything was unclear but as she calmed down and observed closely she realized what was going on;
One of the Chefs is standing and staring at a female Customer in an inappropriate way which is making the Customer to shout and cursing at the Chef but her problem is that the Chef is not stopping and instead he is staring even more and smirking like he was enjoying it, now everyone is persuading the Chef to leave that site but he stood firm and is not listening to anybody, just then Rosalyn was looking around frustrated and that is when her eyes landed on something rather unusual, it was a strange figure sitting at one corner and he seems to be having a blast, he's not ordering anything he is just sitting there watching the Chef like his face is glued to him and wearing a smiling face that looked rather evil, Rosa didn't know what was going on but she was so sure that this man has something to do with this situation.
Although the man was exuding some sort of aura that is frightening and intimidating, Rosa still gathered her courage to approach the man. She didn't even know what gave her the gut but found her legs leading her towards the man direction so she pressed on and tried to challenge the man, but as she was closing in, she realized that the man was not an ordinary man as he is surrounded by black and thick red smoke this smoke was blazing like fire but it is not fire, now she is afraid as she thought and realized that something like this has happened before, it happened last year twice when she first resumed office. She decided to turn back, but it was already too late because the figure already locked eyes with her as she paused on her track, she couldn't move, and she also forgot to breathe. Then she remembered that her grandpa used to tell her when he was alive that "Dear Rosalyn, don't ever feel intimidated by anyone or anything, and don't forget anything about what I have been telling you, there are many beings in this world with us and they're dangerous but we can what they don't have so we can't let them get their way with us." She always thought that her grandpa was just being skeptical, but here she is with a being she can't fathom.
Her grandpa's words boost up her courage, and she approached the dark force of a man, pretending to be fine when she is burning and sweating underneath. She said, "Hi there, do you need anything Sir," The figure was stunned by the turn of event as he could not believe his ears. Rosalyn saw this and was satisfied by this.
It gave her the courage to press on. "Can I have your order, sir?" the figure chuckled in a low tone and muttered to himself, "she can really see me?" "What did you say, sir?" Rosa asked.
She thought to herself, "you've been doing it, but today will be the end of it. You've been messing around for a while now and always get away with it because you're not seen, whatever or whoever you are I won't let you get away today." The figure chuckled again and stood up from where he was sitting, ignoring the lady in front of him and decided to just leave. "Not so fast, you're not going without ordering anything, sir," Rosa added, just to get him to say something she's now sounding petty but she didn't mind if it'll get her what she want. Meanwhile, Sarah saw her boss talking to herself at one corner and was wondering what was wrong with her boss.
The situation has quiet down now because Rosalyn has distracted the source of the problem.
The figure did not utter any word and just walked out of the restaurant, in which Rosalyn followed, but upon reaching outside she could not find the figure. It was as if he had disappeared. Rosa was confused, "Where did he go?" She looked up and down of the street, and when she still couldn't find him, she went back inside and apologized to the customer that felt harassed. She compensated her and talked to all the chef and the waiters. Surprisingly, she did not reprimand the chef that caused the commotion, which made everyone gaze at each other and wonder. She told them to go on with their own activities, and everyone obeyed.
Some were whispering and gossiping about what just happened. "Our new boss is really unpredictable. I mean she's a little scary, too," Julia, one of the waitresses said. "Tell me about it". Kristen, another waitress chipped in... They were getting engrossed in the conversation when Joe, one of the chefs who is also their supervisor cautioned, "Get back to work, you chatter birds," they quickly adjusted and followed opposite directions. Tom, another waiter who happened to be Kristen's boyfriend, chuckled and muttered to himself, "she's cute." And just like that everyone got busy with their work and everything was going as it should for the day.
Rosa finished her work for that day, and everything else went smoothly. She picked up her laptop and phone, put them in a briefcase and stepped out of her office, as she was done for the day. Her personal assistant, Sarah, quickly got her briefcase that contains her laptop from her and escorted her down the building.
"Thank you, Sarah. See you tomorrow," Rosa said as she got into her car. Sarah bowed slightly and waved at her boss, "Goodnight Ma'am." Rosa smiled and drove off from the parking lot. She decided to play some music and connected the Bluetooth. She put on a song by Nico Santo titled "Wings." She loved the song on lyrics and she started singing along the lyrics: "So I-I-I wanna let you know, when li-life has got you low, I'll be your wings to fly when there's trouble on your mind, whenever you're about to fall, the..."
"Seriously". She was cut off from her singing by that word. She flinched and shouted, "Who said that?" She turned and looked at the backseat and still checked the front mirror. She couldn't find anything, so she thought it was in her head and continued listening to the song. "Maybe the alcohol has not worn off yet."
She chuckled and slapped her face. "Wake up, Ro." She took a bottle of water from the passenger seat front compartment and drank some water. The rest of the ride became silent after she decided to turn the song off.
She got home with no more disturbance. She got down from the car and went inside the house. Meanwhile, the figure in the car was staring until she closed the door to the house. "This must be a joke. Is this a joke? She can sense me now after all this time" he said under his breath.