Dick Ep.2

Richard wasn't surprised by the news, his intuition had never lead him astray so he knew once he felt that feeling in the elevator this day was going to get just a little more interesting. As Sharon nervously fumbled over her words in an attempt to properly dress the issue so that it would be a softer blow Richard finally shouted "Enough, Sharon what is the problem?” Sharon fell silent, she had never heard Richard speak to her or anyone else in such a tone. Richard, realizing the force behind his words put his hand on Sharon's shoulder in an attempt to comfort her and gently repeated the statement, "Sharon what is the problem?” Now nearing Richard's office he took off his jacket and hung it neatly on the hook, Sharon walked in right behind him and sat down in an effort to compose herself and her thoughts. Richard placed his satchel on the desk, sat in his chair and offered Sharon the question for what he sincerely hoped was the last time; "Sharon, what is the problem?” As Sharon looked up he noticed that her eyes had begun to well up with tears, she was noticeably shaken by the news she had to report. She began to sniffle and as she grabbed a tissue off of his desk he could see her hand trembling. Richard's mind began to file through a million scenarios of what the problem could be. Just like when he was a kid he began to play back all of the things that he did that no one had ever found out about, was it the happy hour rendezvous with the receptionist? He knew that would come back to haunt him, she's married and her husband probably found out. All Richard could think about was how utterly wrong and totally exhilarating it was for them to have sex in the bathroom of The Diner when they decided to get a late night meal after a night of tequila shots. Or maybe someone had found out about the doctored up expense report from his trip to Vegas last year? He knew it was a major risk to expense an extra night and upgrade to the presidential suite at the Hard Rock but when you're operating in a cloud of cocaine and lust there isn't any reason to believe that your love for Mizz Kandi isn't real. As Sharon finally got herself together Richard had thought of at least five other missteps that probably was the reason for his immediate termination and probable criminal charges being filed. At this point he was already over the whole situation and just starred at Sharon with a dumb look of impatience on his face.  Sharon cleared her throat and spoke up "Richard... I have to resign". "Are you fucking kidding me?" he blurted out before he could convince his lips not to say what his mind was thinking. "Is that it?" the follow up question that stung Sharon even more than the first. He could see her reaction and hurriedly went into damage control mode. "No Sharon, I meant, you can't be leaving now, not with all that we have going on right now, I need you". Sharon's demeanor changed as she now felt Richard deemed her important and with a face full of pride she explained that her resignation was due to her husband getting offered a position in Dallas and they would be moving at the end of the month. As she went on about how great it was to work there and how she thought he was such a great boss all Richard could think of was "I can't believe she had me shook like that lol I gotta get my shit together'.