Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 165

Chapter 165

You probably owed it to the others to head right back to the conference room and let them know what happened, but you decided with the last 'review meeting' done you needed to strike while the iron was hot. Instead of turning right towards the conference room your turned left down the hallway.

Garrison's office was at the far end of the building - which wasn't actually that far, but with every step you wondered if Joy was watching you. Maybe shewas a step ahead if she was recording as well. Or two, or three. She'd been running rampant for years with the internships according to Becks. Maybe she'd dealt with this sort of resistance before.

You had to tell Garrison now before she, and possibly her mother, manufactured something that you couldn't get out of.

But your luck, it would seem, was absolute garbage because Garrison's office door was shut and the light was off. He'd already gone home for the weekend.

"Fuuuuck," you groaned softly.

Should you try one of the other Partners? Obviously Bellagamba wasn't an option, but there were four more of them. As you turned back to look at the other offices around you, you saw down at the far end of the hallway Joy was leaning against the doorway of the office she'd used, her arms crossed and smirking.

You took in a deep breath and then took another short hall to the other side of the offices and then walked the long way back to the conference room past the kitchen and the elevators. You were tempted to stop at the HR office but the lack of help you and Gemma had gotten earlier told you it was likely a dead end. Any report there was just as likely to go to Bellagamba as it was to reach Garrisson, and if Joy's mother had actually told her to do employee reviews then you'd be fucked.

So you went back to the conference room and the others looked up at you expectantly. Joy hadn't returned, so you just shook your head. "We didn't even start," you said.

"You got failed too?" Andy asked.

"I didn't even get that far," you clarified, and looked to Gemma and Sabrina. "She asked me to turn off my phone for the meeting and I told her I could go get a witness, and we deadlocked."

Sabrina's eyes went wide at the implication of that, and Gemma sniffed hard and you could see her mind spinning to try and come up with a new solution to things.

You opened your laptop back up, but you didn't go back to work. Instead, you started an email and worked to try and get it perfect. You still didn't have any real evidence, so you couldn't make any accusations about Joy's sexual demands and advances. You outlined the events of the afternoon, though, and made it clear that you and the others hadn't agreed to be reviewed by a fellow intern (becausefuck the idea of calling her 'lead intern') and that none of you had signed off on her reviews as you all found them to be absurd.

Joy never returned to the conference room, so for the last ten minutes of the day you gathered the others - even Andy - around your laptop and showed them the email. Gemma and Sabrina offered a few wordsmithing ideas, and Eric made a good point about noting that Joy had openly insulted Andy in front of the rest of us. Andy literally hugged him for that.

You wrote out each of your names at the bottom of the email, CC'd each of them, and then sent the email to Garrisson's email.

It was the best you were going to be able to do in the short term. None of you had Garrisson's personal number to try and call or test him, and you weren't even sure if that would be appropriate.

With the email sent, you all packed up for the day and walked out together.

"We'll be fine," Gemma assured you all in the elevator.

"I hope so," Andy sighed. "My Grandma will be pissed if I get fired from another internship."

"Another?" Sabrina asked.

"Yeah, last year I was at this investment banking place. It was really boring and everyone was an asshole," Andy said. "No chill at all."

You had so many questions, but Andy didn't offer anything else and you could only assume he'd been turfed for any number of the egregiously lazy things he did on a daily basis.

Outside the building you all split up, but you, Sabrina and Gemma circled back around and met up at the corner.

"See you soon," Gemma said, slipping into your arms and kissing you lightly.

"You know you're an absolute goddess, right?" you asked her. "Nothing Joy said to you today was real. You look amazing every single day in your work outfits. Stylish and confident and just the right amount of sexy without becoming unprofessional."

"Thanks, baby," she smiled softly and kissed you again. Then she pulled away with a little smirk and a twinkle in her eye. "Or maybe it's Daddy for the rest of the night?"

"More like rest of the weekend," Sabrina laughed as she took Gemma's spot in your arms, pulling you down into a kiss with both her hands on your cheeks.

"Look," you said once it was over. "I'll be 'Daddy' one time this weekend, OK? Can we limit it to that?"

Both of them started giggling.

"OK, hon," Gemma said, slipping her hand into yours. "One time this weekend, you are going to be our Daddy Dom. For both of us. And the rest of the time you'll just be our John."

"Our sexy, lovable, amazing John," Sabrina grinned, still hugging you with one arm around your waist. "Now, you need to rush home and pack your bag, OK?"

"Can youplease tell me what we're doing tonight?" you asked.

"Dress semi-casual," Gemma said. "We're going out for a bit, OK? But not too long, at least tonight."

"OK," you nodded. "You know, I love you both so fucking much, right?"

"We know," Gemma grinned.

You kissed her again, then Sabrina, then Gemma again. Sabrina laughed and pushed you away. "Go! People are starting to stare, and we have preparations to make."

"Alright, alright," you grinned. "I miss you both already."

Somehow you managed to catch your bus, and the entire ride home you had a big grin on your face. The workday had been weird, things had been left in chaos, but none of that fucking mattered.

To Be Continued...