The Taking of Clara

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The Taking of Clara: Taken by the Boss

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THE TAKING OF CLARA: TAKEN BY THE BOSS

Sam Crescent

Copyright © 2013

Chapter One

What
the hell am I doing? Clara Baines stared at her reflection. Nothing in the
world should make her answer the ad in the business section of her local
newspaper. The money meant nothing to her if she no longer held any
self-respect.
Right?
But she needed money, fast. Her
father’s debt collectors were demanding restitution. If he didn’t have the
money soon, they were going to take their displeasure out on her. They had
already paid her a surprise visit to give her a firm warning. Being felt up by
a thug wasn’t on her list of things to experience before she turned
twenty-five.

She
pulled back her long raven colored hair into a ponytail. The locks were too
long and thick to leave flying loose. She wore no makeup as she wanted to look
earthy, also she didn’t like the feel of the stuff on her face.

Phoning
the ad in the paper, she hadn’t really expected to get a date. However, the
quick conversation had led to a date in a local café. The mystery man
requesting she wear a red scarf. When she asked how she would recognize him, he
informed her not to worry. He would be the one to find her.

“This
is it,” she said to the mirror. She had to work late and there would be no
going out for her. Clara couldn’t remember a Friday when she did get a chance
to go out. No matter how many times she tried to get out of the current meeting
she always came back to the same thing, her father’s debt and her own safety.
Grabbing her bag on the way from her bedroom, she walked out her front door.

She
purchased coffee and a bagel at the stand outside the office where she worked.
People were all about bumping her. Before entering the building she was
determined to drink her beverage. Lunch would be another matter. Her life could
end before she got to her lunch break.

Everyone
moved to their cubicles as she walked up to her desk. Her job grew less
thrilling with every passing day. At twenty-five she was nothing more than the
office slave sorting files and complaints while being asked constantly to make
coffee. She’d been transferred to the top floor for the executives’ convenience.
Most of the tea making people spent a great deal of time along the bottom floor
dealing with the mail or packages. Claire didn’t understand why she’d been
moved to the top floor.

She
recognized the glares she received from the other women who worked on the same
floor. They clearly felt her beneath them. None of the women on the top floor
ever set foot on the lower levels. Their taunts always made her feel small no matter
how many times she tried to ignore them. The women made her feel like they knew
she wasn’t supposed to be on the same floor with them.

Clara
held no control on where management put her.

During
the morning rush where everyone tried to catch up and get ready for the
weekend, Matthew Johnson, the company’s owner stopped by her desk. He always sent
letters down for her to type, then lingered until she started to squirm under
his watchful gaze. Without fail, he found reasons to visit her desk every day. The
guy had such a great body. His suit always molded nicely to him, highlighting
how big he was.