Chapter 9

Tina has been battling with her feelings after all the drama that she endured with Bette. Her phone rang, she picked it up and it was Henry.

Henry: Hello, good evening! May I speak with Tina please?

Tina: Hi Henry. It’s me. I live alone so it’s either me or the machine.

Henry: Hey! Hi! I’m not disturbing you or anything, right?

Tina: No, not at all. What’s up?

Henry: Oh, nothing much. Just want to chat.

Tina: Oh. Well, chat away then.

Tina giggles.

Henry: So how was your grumpy boss, is she better?

Tina: Yeah. She is, I think. I’ll be a better judge of it by tomorrow.

Henry: So, how is Bette as a boss?

Tina: Well, she’s a great boss. She is really intelligent and it’s like she was born to be just that. Be the boss. She deals with everybody with such professionalism yet she also knows how and when to be personal.

Henry: That’s nice to hear. I actually talked to her the other day. She actually refers to her subordinates as her colleagues. I think that’s pretty neat. She seems to think highly of herself and I guess I was wrong about her.

Tina: That’s just it about her. You’ll never be able to tell unless you really know her. Her image is so far fetched. She is not like that when you get to know her pretty well.

Henry: I take it by the way you talk about her you seem to pretty know her very well?

Tina: Where is this chat leading to Henry? Do you have a thing for my boss?

Tina was a bit irritated bordering jealous.

Tina: How dare this guy. Fishing for information! You sure as hell know where to get them but I am not giving out any.

Henry: What? No! OMG, no! I was just… I’m sorry Tina. I don’t have a thing for Bette. I really don’t.

Tina: That’s nice to hear Henry because if you did you might as well talk to her cause you won’t be getting any information from me. I am not gonna break the trust that she has given me.

Henry: No. That’s not my intention at all. But it seems pretty sweet that you think highly of her and you are also protective of her.