Chapter 1
Iris Williams
"Meeting adjourned." I finally said and my colleagues quickly stood up, pushing their chair and scramming quickly while saying goodbye to me. I laughed at how fast they left the conference room and how they all seemed to be in a hurry. Well, I don't blame them. We've been here for five hours.
I raised my arms, stretching them as far as I could and that did the trick since I felt more awake. I checked the phone for the time and decided it was time to leave the office too, it's been a long day after all. I fixed the piles of documents and as I stepped outside, the sales team's manager quickly came to me and tried to take the load.
"Thanks, Haley, but it seems I'll have to work on these more at home. Do you want me to drop you home? I'm sorry you had to go overtime." I apologized. Truth is, we have a deadline to meet by next month and we were already behind on schedule. As a marketing operations manager, I've got a stack of work to do and not finishing them on time can cause problems for our clients.
"Oh, I'd appreciate that a lot. Thank you very much." Haley said as her expression softened. I knew it was hard for her to get home late and the woman has been on over time for 2 hours.
"Don't mention it. Be ready in 5 minutes, I'm just going to get my stuffs." I said walking away towards my office. I opened the door and the automatic lights quickly lit up in my presence. I grabbed my phone from my pocket and dialled a number.
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Haley Kim is a 28 year old woman and equally a single mother of one. She had been taking care of her three-year-old son on her own and while she was gone out of the house, a baby-sitter took care of him. Perhaps that's why we've become such great friends, because we're both single moms. Ever since I came in the marketing firm five years ago, she's been with me through it all.
In reality, very few know this, but she's actually a very rich girl from South Korea who initially came to the western world for some experience before training at her family's company. However, she fell in love with an old co-worker that resulted to her baby Gabriel. Learning of her pregnancy, her family became furious and cut all connections with her. It's been hard for her, but fortunately, she's got everything together again.
We passed by a large poster that advertised travelling to South Korea and having seen it, Haley puffed air.
"How do you take down an advertisement as large as that?" she said quite bitterly. I laughed and went towards the exit.
"What, I think it's a pretty convincing advert. Really eye-catching." I answered. She rolled her eyes and closed her window as we were nearing her house.
"I see that everyday, it's honestly annoying. It's a false advertisement. Korea is not such a nice place as it pictures. I will sue them, I will. They just wait." she retorted, her voice filled with annoyance. Anything related to home was a very sensitive subject for her. I stopped in front of her house as she grabbed her bag from her footing.
"You have the guts to say that about South Korea? They've got great food, great sceneries and great music. Not to mention, they've got a nice products, unique fash--" she cut me off by opening the door and raising her hand.
"And great families that throw their daughter away for one mistake because their reputation matter more. Have a good night Iris." she says waving her hand.
"Aw, c'mon. Don't generalize Haley." I chuckled. Getting her riled up was entertaining to watch, though I know that beneath all her display of bitterness and hate, she missed her home and family terribly.
"Goodnight Mrs.Pa--" before she could even finish what she was about to say I raised the radio's volume.
"Can't hear you! The radio's too loud. Bye!" I waved and she laughingly closed the door. I guess we're even now. As I drove away, I noticed that my heartbeat was unusually rapid.
Damn it, Haley.
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I keyed the door carefully and entered the condo flat as quiet as I could. I wanted to surprise them. I'm sure they've been waiting for me for a long time now. I slowly made my way to the living room where I could hear loud laughters and an elderly woman telling a story. Appearing in their field of vision, three boys quickly stood up and shrieked.
"Mommy!" they cried in unison. My triplets.
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