He waved an unimpressed hand in the direction of his young assistant, her phone in hand as she tried to snap as many pictures as she could. “I get that sort of thing everywhere I go. All I really wanted was a little escape.” He sighed, exasperated. “How far must one go for a little bit of private peace and quiet!?”
The young
blonde was doing an excellent job of pretending her boss was not getting to
her, but little did he realise his comments were starting to crawl under her
skin. Are you really looking for peace and quiet, or are you jealous the
attention is not 100% on you for a second? She retorted silently to herself
before refocusing her attention on the sight in front of her and her mission to
capture it on film.
“It’s all
about you, isn’t it?” she uttered under her breath. But she was close enough
that her boss heard her.
“Why yes,”
he said, matter of fact as he turned to glance at his assistant. Beside him,
she was fighting not to turn red. Did I just say that out loud?
“Yes it
is. I’m glad you can see that.” Her boss went on. “And you know, Melanie, that
might be perfect for my next project.”
“Huh?”
“I can see
it now!” He shot up to stand on his feet, throwing his arms out wide and
sending the chair he’d been sitting in flying backwards in the process. He
waved his arms around in the air as he said “’All About ME’”, as if envisioning
it on a theatre’s signboard. “It’s perfect. All About ME. Martin East. Melanie,
you’re a GENIUS!” His stunned assistant froze as he grabbed her by the
shoulders. “I could kiss you.” He stopped suddenly, releasing her just as
quickly. “But I won’t.”
Snapping
out of her daze, his assistant scrambled to set his chair upright again. “There
you are, Mr. East.”
He sat
down absentmindedly without a word of thanks, once again absorbed and lost in
his own world.
She turned
away to find the sight she’d been trying to capture, a flock of seagulls
gathered nearby, had disappeared. “Oh.” She sighed in barely a whisper. Closing
her eyes, she recreated the scene in her mind’s eye and breathed a sigh of
contentment.
