TITLE:TAMED
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EPISODE 0⃣9⃣
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Samantha arrives the Shelton’s Consultation,
Business and Events Company, she alights from
the taxi and goes throu-gh the reception area
“Good morning Pierce” she greets the door man
and smiles at the receptionist who was attending
to a client.
She takes her right, going up the stairs to her
office, which was next to Mr Shelton and his
Secretary
“Beautiful morning to you Shelly” Samantha
smiles
“Oh morning Samantha, looking beautiful as
always this Monday morning”
“Aww you look beautiful yourself” Samantha
smiles heading to her office as Shelly follow
her
“Thank you, so I have the reports on the table,
the ac¢v-mulation of completed events for the
past three months, we are starting our
publication for this month and Mr Shelton wants
you to be p@rt of the ph0to shoot for that, “
Samantha face palms “I wonder why?”
“He says it would look good, he would call it the
face of Shelton enterprises. You know since
you began working here, we have been getting
good job offers, he calls you the magic t©uçh”
“Mr Shelton is so dramatic”
“And aside that, you have some few
appointments today, one is from Mrs Stevenson,
she said she met you at the gala event,
something about hosting the s£nators over at
her country house?’’
“Oh yes, sweet old lady… and who else?’’
“Two meetings with the LORTS, one is for a
business proposal and the other is for
charitable means “
“Okay, and that is for what time?”
“By 1 pm, then Mrs Stevenson is by 3 pm, and
you have another by 9 am”
Samantha frowns “that’s now Shelly”
“I know, but the question is with who… I mean
who?’’
Samantha leans back on her chair and stares at
her “I am guessing with someone who obviously
has a name?”
Shelly was trying to hide her smile which was
threatening to bur-st her face, she was b!tt!g her
li-ps
“Guess guess!!”
“I do despise the guessing games Shelly, who is
my meeting with?”
“oh… MR JAKE Bas-s. He got here about fifteen
minutes ago, he had been with Mr Shelton, he
said you come in by 9 am. They were behind a
closed door meeting and they had asked that I
fix your first meeting with Mr Bas-s” she purrs,
she leans on Samantha’s table and fans herself
“He is so handsome, his rich voice, his skin,
that b©dy within those cloths” she g@sps
Samantha shakes her head, well at least he took
her advice, only p@rtially, he was supposed to
call and book a meeting and she was supposed
to check her schedule and get back to him… not
like this
He still nee-ds to un-derstand permission, not
enf0rç£d rights
“Tell Mr Bas-s that we can meet by 11 am today,
that I have some other meetings to attend to”
Samantha says, Shelly’s mouth drops open, she
blinks ra-pidly
“I am sorry I didn’t get that”
“Should I repeat it for you?”
“No I heard it but I don’t un-derstand it.. I mean…
do you know how many girls who are staffs
here had walked into the room he is in right
now, offering him coffee, or a snack, or to
pretend as though she had something to do in
there? that amazing looking person is out there,
waiting to have a meeting with you and you
don’t want to have a meeting with him… why?”
“And I don’t have to explain myself Shelly,
ordinarily, shouldn’t there have been a pre-
informed meeting? The ones fixed for today
didn’t they talk to me about it first before we
opened up schedules for them?’’
“Erm yes they did but… he is Jake Bas-s… I think
he should be given an exception”
“The more reason why he should not be treated
differently”
“But Mr Shelton ..’’
“I will handle Mr Shelton”
“but, he is there… waiting” Shelly couldn’t
believe her ears
“Then hurry up and tell him his meeting has
been moved to 11 Shelly” Shelly pouts, drags
her feet and leaves
*******
“I am sorry what?’’
“Your meeting with Miss Samantha has been
moved to 11 am, she has other meetings to
attend to. I am so sorry sir, do I offer you
anything, more coffee or snack or something
else, maybe jui-ce or’’
“St©p talking , I was told she was free this
morning, and Mr Shelton also said so. I just
c@m£ out of the meeting with him, finalizing
plans and you tell me she has refused to have a
sit down with me?” he is angry. He had said he
wasn’t going to do what she asked, and this
morning… he had found himself telling Todd to
bring him down here, sat down with Shelton,
discussed and fixed a meeting with her.
This wasn’t him taking orders from a woman,
oh no.
This was him just ma-king sure his event had
good hands and now he was here himself and
she had the audacity to re-fix what he had fixed.
He gets up… “Show me to her office, and I will
not take no for an answer, this nons-en-se has to
st©p” Shelly nods and ushers him to follow her
*
“Come in” Samantha says
“I am sorry but he didn’t take it well” Shelly
says apologetically
Jake Bas-s nudges her out of the way and steps
in, “Miss Samantha I think you have insulted my
intelligence for far too long, how dare you-‘’
“Mr Bas-s if you don’t mind, I nee-d you to keep
your voice down, and then secondly, you cannot
bounce into my office that way, and thirdly… did
you realize you nudged the secretary aside just
to show your animal-istic behavior? plea-se
apologize to the lady” she says
“Are you out of your mind?’’ he takes a step
further
“No sir, I am serious and when you do that, can
you plea-se step out of my office, and wait for
the time you have been booked for… which is 11
am”
Shelly’s mouth hits the ground a second time,
the heat radiating from Bas-s’s b©dy as his
anger flew was enough to iron her cloths
“Samantha, no nee-d for that, it wasn’t a nudge…
really Mr Bas-s I do apologize for Miss
Samantha and-’’
“Oh plea-se do not apologize on my behalf
Shelly, and it is very inappropriate for you to
apologize when you are not wrong, well Mr
Bas-s, what would it be?”
Jake Bas-s takes another step towards her…
Samantha raises an eyebrow, she folds her
hands and remains seated..
“You will answer to this” he says storming out
Shelly stares at him and then at Samantha “what
have you done?”
“That would be all Shelly’
*
“Hello sir?” Samantha answers her phone “Very
well sir”
She drops the call, leaving her office , she
finds Shelly standing close to Mr Shelton’s
office, her eyes worried when she looks at her
“I think he is getting you fired, oh Samantha,
plea-se apologize to him… he was so angry, you
shouldn’t have talked to him that way”
Samantha smiles, very typical of him. He runs
to her boss to get her fired, she was angry
now… apologize to Mr Bas-s? Hell no, till hell
freezes over
She was proud but within her rights, if she was
in a place that was not conducive for her she
would forget the money and leave, she had had
it too rou-gh in her life time to know that nothing
else matters other than her happiness and her
peace of mind.
She had learnt it the ha-rd way, constantly
plea-sing people, bosses, colleagues, friends,
lovers etc which only caused more harm than
good and she had told herself “Never Again”
If she had to leave that job, she would. If she
had to leave that relationsh!pand sever that
friendsh!p, she would, If she had to start all
over again from the scratch, she would.
After she moved away three months ago,
working in a bar as a waitress, doing cleric jobs
in the libr@ry she had learnt a lot, suffered
some days and had to pick herself up on others
days.
Then she had ran into Mr Shelton, she had
organized a children’s birthday p@rty for the
owner of the restaurant she was working in, and
despite the little money he wanted to spend for
his kid’s birthday, she had made it into
something magical, and before long, friends
and family had walked up to her to ask her to
plan their events, birthdays, Showers, and then
her big break, was a wedding ceremony.
She had always thought she would end up in a
business tycoon office, solving big problem and
putting her br@in to work. She soon found out
that she loved what she was doing and Mr
Shelton had been a friend to the family,
who had walked up to her after the p@rty and
given her a offer, an offer she was happy to
accept
His company which was p@rtly an event
company hasn’t been doing so good..
And within three weeks, she had stepped up
from being a contract staff to being a lead
team member and within a month, she had
gotten an office, a raised check, and she had
moved back to town into a comfortable
ap@rtment and the company began to roll In
bucks. She was an as-set to the company now
and she did make sure that whatever privilege
she had here, she earned it, with her ha-rd work,
and when it c@m£ to the business side of the
company, she was also a consultant to them
and other business owners, so she still
functioned with her br@in here and hands.
Now because of his bruised ego, Bas-s goes to
her boss? Well she was mad and even if her
boss lets her go (which she wouldn’t blame
him), it would still be nice to tell Mr Bas-s to his
face what she thinks of him and one would be
that he was a complete j£rk amongst other
things.
He likes to give orders and then he cries wolf
when someone else gives him orders. Or was
he pained that it was a woman giving him
orders, a woman who would ordinarily fall to
his feet is rising above him? She shakes her
head.
“Well Mr Bas-s, I do not bend to rules, rules
given by men like you so if you want my
respect you would have to earn it, and doing
this..all this, throwing your money around and
sl@pping faces and screaming do you know who
I am is pitifully and laughable.” . Yes I know
who you are… you are the man who can’t bend
me… rather I would teach you how to respect
others who you think are beneath you’
Samantha knocks and walks into the office ,
Jake Bas-s with legs crossed doesn’t look at her,
Mr Shelton is seated, he is worried
“Good morning Mr Shelton, “
“Hello Samantha, plea-se seat” she does, she
doesn’t spare Bas-s a glance
“Mr Jake Bas-s has put me in a rather difficult
situation , and I would want you to reconsider
his offer, and everyone would be happy”
“And what would that be sir?”
“He has said he would redraw being a sponsor
to our Gala events and others, and he would
pu-ll out from our future activities if I don’t
relief you of your duties or make you be team
lead for his charity event coming up”
Samantha smiles “And what is your decision
sir?’’
He sighs “You are one of my best here
Samantha and losing you would be a b!ow to
the company, so I would love to plead to you to
reconsider” he says
Well, as always this was it… men trying to rule
the lives of another because of wealth and
status.
“My mother used to tell me while growing up to
never let anyone, make me feel less than I am,
not to be devalued or treated as anything other
than what I am and if I feel my peace of mind
is being threatened and my state of affairs too,
I should do what is in my best interest, and if
walking away is in my interests I should do that,
because no amount of money can buy
happiness”
“So what are you saying Samantha?”
Jake Bas-s is staring at her with a smile on his
face, this was the p@rt where she would break
down in tears and then apologize to him, then
he would remain angry, and say he doesn’t care
about her crocodile tears and then still ask for
her to be relieved and then she would beg and
plead some more and because he has the power
to change destinies, he would tell Mr Shelton to
give her back her job and then she would be at
his mercy to do whatever he asks her to do…
work long hours, on weekends and have no
social live. That would teach her how not to be
disrespectful to him.
He was Jake Bas-s, money talks, bull$h!t work.
He smiles to himself
“It means that… I am truly grateful for the
opportunity you have given me and I do hope
that you find capable hands to take over from
where I st©pped. Thank you sir, it had been a
privilege to work with you,…I would tender my
resignation within the hour, now if you would
excuse me” she says getting up
Both Mr Shelton and Jake Bas-s’s jaws drops to
the floor
“But but..Samantha “ Mr Shelton says baffled…
he expected her to beg too, apologize to Mr
Jake Bas-s, and all would be well. He didn’t want
to lose her, no, she brou-ght life back to his
company, if she leave, it’s as good as going
back to where he started… which was ground
zero..No!
“Damn !! you are a stubborn little mule
Samantha Brookes” Jake says , he shakes his
head ru-bbing hisl-ips
“I would rather not dignify your comment with a
response MR Jake Bas-s, Mr Shelton if you
would excuse me”
“Erm..plea-se wait Samantha” he says, he closes
his eyes and then opens it. He had two choices,
let Samantha go and let his company go back to
ruins or call Mr Bas-s’s bluff, and loose one of
his big sponsors..
With Samantha, he can always get more
sponsors, might not be as rich as Bas-s but it
would take time, they would find.
So he made his decision “I am sorry Mr Bas-s,
Miss Samantha, I will not collect your letter, you
are a p@rt of this company and you would
remain so. Mr Bas-s I thank you for your
continued patronage but if you deem fit to
withdraw from our p@rtnersh!p, we won’t st©p
you. sometimes as-sets are better than wealth”
he says, he might be ma-king the biggest
mistake in life but sometimes, one has to take
the risks.
Wow !!
He should get up, storm out of here and do just
that. He should… so he opens his mouth to tell
him to make all the arrangements with his
accountants.
“Very Well Mr Shelton… I do un-derstand. My
apologies. I do not like your decision but I
believe one should not put one’s anger in front
of delicate matters. I do very well want to
continue our business relationsh!pand I still
want your best team head to handle my charity
event, and if… erm..Miss Samantha is the best
she should handle it, well of course it is up to
her” he says
He doesn’t believe he was doing this… he, Jake
Bas-s. Someone must have put juju jui-ce in his
tea this morning
Mr Shelton beams with smile, “Oh thank you Mr
Bas-s. Miss Samantha ?”
She stares at him…
Not bad Mr Bas-s, at least you have realized one
thing; not everyone would bend to your rules..
Mr Jake Bas-s schooling commences, JB 101
“if I am to be charge, I would like that I handle
things my way, which means that Mr Bas-s would
have to try as much as possible not to infringe
on my working rights and that he gives me the
space I nee-d to do an excellent job..” Samantha
says
“You would do whatever I ask you to, and when
“
She smiles “No Mr Bas-s, I do whatever I want to
and when, and if I have to do my Job… that is
my call. And if we are finished here sir, I would
leave”
“And the meeting we can have it now?”
Oh no Mr Bas-s
“11 am’’ she says walking away
Mr Shelton hides a smile, way to go Samntha ,
way to go
Jake Bas-s is frowning, Mr Shelton looks at him
apologetically “I am sorry for her behavior Mr
Bas-s, maybe she is on her period, Pms-ing?”
“Oh I doubt that, she just likes seeing me turn
red. Well I have an hour or two before 11 am. I
would take my leave “
“Very well Mr Bas-s”
*******
“Come in shelly”
“Your 11 am is here Samantha” Shelly says
“Thank you” Samantha nods, but Shelly didn’t
leave
“Shelly?”
“Erm I don’t know what you did or how you did
it but, I just had a new found respect for you
Samantha Brookes..” she says with wonder in
her voice, Samantha smiles
“You have to show them that you are made of
steel too right?”
Shelly returns the smile and leaves, in another
minute she knocks and ushers in Jake Bas-s
“I believe you will have my time now Miss
Samantha Brookes?”
“Do have a seat Mr Bas-s, how may I help you?
tell me what sort of charity event you de-sire and
I would try and bring your de-sires to
fruition”she says with a very professional and
straight face
He stares at her, seating next to her, for the
first time he really looks at her and he realized
something;
She made his heart skip
And he didn’t like that at all.
TO BE CONTINUED………