“Married”

Sitting in the waiting room in the small business I work for, trying to think about where they’ll send me next.

“Cherry, come into my office please.” My boss peeks his shiny bald head out of his door. Grabbing my flip phone and passport I head in.

“Give me your phone and passport.” My boss took my things and like usual, opened his ‘safe’ and threw them into the incinerator. My boss opens the vent above the ceiling and pulls out a briefcase. He sets it on his desk, turns it toward me, and opens it. There was a file, a pair of tasers, a pair of new passports, a pair of flip phones and a few thousand dollars.

“Am I married this time?” I’ve never been married because I hate working with others.

“Yes, Cherry. Can you handle that?” My boss asked, knowing that I can’t say no.

“Ha, I can handle anything. Is he going to be able to handle me?”

The new guy came running into the office.

“I’m here! I’m sorry I was trying to find this building and I was so lost. Who idea was it to put this place 20 stories underground? Did you find this place easily?” He turns to me with his hand out. “Hi, I’m Jake.”

“Okay, first don’t tell people your real name and second give him your passport and phone we need to leave soon."

Jake gave his phone to our boss and our boss threw it into his ‘safe’.

“Hey! That phone was expensive!” He turned to me. “Why did he do that?”

“Jake calm down. Cherry you should probably carry the briefcase, and you might want to leave now because the jet is ready. Jake, Cherry will explain everything to you.” My boss hands me the briefcase and I walk out of the office, leaving Jake to following close behind.

We board the private jet and I change into my new clothes. Then I read about our mission.

“Your name is Christopher Cole, my name is Allisa Cole.”

“Oh, that has a nice ring to it. Get it. Ring.” Jake was laughing at his own joke.

“Shut up and let me finish. We will have to take down a drug cartel.” I close the file and prepare myself for the mission.