Nothing Is As It Seems 1

PART 1

Shaikha’s point of view:

My boss, some women my age complain about their bosses while some of them are just happy with their boss. For me it’s a bit more complicated than that, or is that what I think it is? Well you be the judge of that. Women complain if their boss was a woman. They complain that their boss is jealous of them for some reason or gives a hard time. While others say that if your boss is a man then it is much easier for you because your boss would understand your situation. For me it is the total opposite.

7sain: shaikha yalla elejtmaa3 byebda2 al7een o n7n ba3adna ma 7a9alna elawraag

Shaikha: elawraag kanaw wiyaak a5er mara

7sain: this office is messy, I cant find anything in it

Shaikha: and whos fault is it?

7sain ignoed her snarky comment and went the room where the meeting was going to be held. On the other hand shaikha was fussing about the messy office and that there were papers all over the place.

7sain: ba3adch ma7a9altii elawraag? 5ala9 3ayal ana baseer elmeeting hall o intii dawrii ehnii

Shaikha: wow im a secretary now?!

7sain: 3adi etdawreen a7een, 3gb estahblay

He rushed to the meeting hall while shaikha remained on the floor looking for the papers. This is actually an ordinary day in the office.

7sain was used to shaikha ever since she started working for his company.

Flashback: (4 years ago…)

7sain made his way to the office with a heavy heart, it was a Thursday night and he was stuck in the office interviewing young adults instead of getting drunk and taking advantage of the drunken whores in the club. That was his punishment for not taking his job seriously. His father is the chairman of the company and he wasn’t pleased with the work of what his son is doing so far. Recently events lead to misfortunes and the company wasn’t doing well so he tried his best to fix the problem. He would disappoint his dad several times over stupid things but this wasn’t going to one of them.  The solution to these misfortunes is to hire accountants and business consultants. Interviews were going on for business consultants to solve their financial problems. 7sain sat there over 7 hours listening to future employees but didn’t like any of them. He was slowly giving up until he saw shaikha enter the room. The first thought that popped in his head is what a young lady would be doing in a construction company. Since it is a construction company there were limited amount of female employees. She was wearing a skirt and white blouse. Her hair in a neat ponytail looking all professional. She was not 7sain’s type but he got the sense of her professionalism. He sensed that she would separate business from pleasure. Something that he never saw in a woman before. She introduced herself and started talking about herself.

7sain: if you don’t mind me asking, what brought you here?

Shaikha: I was working in other companies helping with decisions but all the other

companies were marketing advertising companies. So I wanted to make some changes try different type of companies

7sain: so you are the one who made Al X company billions of dollars?

Shaikha: yes but I wasn’t working officially with them, I was just a business consultant

7sain: you got the job

He walked out the meeting room and walked towards his office. While shaikha was standing there shocked at the fact that he just told her that she got the job. Another guy wearing a kandoora and 39ama, he looked about the same age as 7sain. The guy looked very traditional. At first shaikha thought he was an HR person, but he turned out to be a civil engineer. He spoke in Arabic without having eye contact with shaikha. He would speak and look at her face but not directly at her eyes in respect towards her.

Guy: intii shaikha Al X?

Shaikha: yes

Guy: ana bader, hathi elawraag, o inshallah betebdain mn bacher esa3a 7:00

It was the start of something. Shaikha wasn’t complaining it was time to be serious.

Present day:

Shaikha: aha found them

Bader: yalla shaikha elmeeting beyebda2 3gb eshway

Bader was the civil engineer of the company, there are engineers older than him and more experienced but he was talented which landed him the big deals.

Shaikha: enzain yayah taranii!

Bader: bismillah hadii

As usual shaikha ignored him and started walking to the meeting with confidence and head straight on.

Suits were coming out of the office with satisfied facial expressions.

Shaikha: that was a good meeting

7sain: we need to rearrange that office

Shaikha: yes we do

7sain: get started (he threw the keys at shaikha and walked away)

Shaikha: ‘that ass’

Bader: good luck with that


Both men walked away leaving her to do the cleaning. 7sain was an UNBELIEVABLE boss and she wondered why she didn't quite all these years after the hard time he gives her but nothing is as it seems.