Keith ran through the doors of the company he worked for, Crestone Limited, panting heavily and stopped to catch his breath, he checked the time, 7:57am, he sighed, "I made it, " he said to himself quietly.
"Hmm, three minutes early, darn," the person sitting at the receptionist table said sarcastically, she was an old lady in her sixty's but carried herself as if she were forty and she gave off this air of a sassy but kind grandmother, "If you had come one minute early I would have won myself some free lunch."
"Really you're betting now," Keith said walking up to the clock in machine, "You know how busy the streets are at this time, Gladice, "
"And yet everyone still ends up getting here before you," Gladice said. Keith just rolled his eyes.
"Seriously the boss has a thing about being late and I don't want you getting fired, there won't be anyone fun around, this place can get so boring."
"Yeah sure, thanks for looking out for me anyway,"
"No problem, and oh right Happy birthday."
"Thanks," Keith shouted running towards the elevator.
As the doors opened he rushed in before even looking and bumped into a two men deep in conversation "With your support we c....." one of the men said just before almost being knocked down be Keith.
"I'm so sorry, I didn't mean t..." Keith stopped talking as he realized who he had just bumped into, Jason Crest, the owner of Crestone Limited and standing next to him was Dean Grayson, the mayor. "Oh my God, I'm so sorry sir, I didn't mean t..."
"No worries, it's all good," Jason said looking at his watch, 8:03am, Keith could see the annoyance in his face the moment he checked the time.
Jason cleared his throat and said, "I suppose you should be getting to work," Keith could tell he was irritated by the sound of his voice, "Well Mr. Grayson, we should get going and continue with our business elsewhere," and with that they stepped out of the elevator and walked out of the building.
As Keith stepped into the elevator and pressed the button for the seventh floor he couldn't help but wonder why Jason Crest and Dean Grayson were talking, Crestone Limited was involved in many projects like excavation, construction, manufacturing but never politics and there hadn't been any public announcements about any coalitions, maybe the company was planning on funding Mr. Grayson's campaign in the upcoming elections,that seemed likely, Keith thought, and why was Jason Crest so irritated by the thought of someone being a few minutes late, all these thoughts came to a stop when he heard the elevator ding as it reached his floor.
Keith really didn't like his job, he had often wondered if he made the right choice being an accountant or if it were just the place he worked for, every thing just seemed so slow to him, which took him by surprise because while he was studying in college he was so interested in the concept and couldn't wait but today especially for some reason his mind began to drift.
He was pulled back into reality by a message he got on his phone, it was from Cole.
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Cole: Hey bro everything is ready for your party
Cole: Now all you have to do is invite your sister.
Keith: OK, where are we going?
Cole: Just go to Crimson Alley Bar at 9:00pm we will meet you guys there.
Keith: OK, thanks for doing this I appreciate it.
Cole: No problem and hey maybe we can find you a girlfriend too
Keith: You're never gonna let that go, are you?
Cole: Nope
Keith: *sighs*, well anything can happen
Cole: YESSSSSSS!!!!!!!
Keith: OK see you there
Cole: See you there man
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Keith: Hey sis.
Taylor: Woah! Keith how've you been?
Keith: I've been good, and you?
Taylor: I'm great, Happy Birthday, bro.
Keith: Thanks, I was actually wondering if you could come to a party I'm having.
Taylor: A party!! This must be Cole's doing you would never throw a party.
Keith: Yeah it was all his idea.
Taylor: Well, then he must be good for you, he's helping you shed that shell of yours.
Keith: Yeah yeah, well the party will be at Crimson Alley Bar at 9:00pm.
Taylor: Wow! great place, I bet you didn't choose that either.
Keith: Haha, are you coming or not?
Taylor: I have a photoshoot today, but I can move it to tomorrow, nothing is more important than my little brother.
Keith: Thnx, see you then
Taylor: See you, bye
Keith: Bye
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Keith placed his phone down and stared at his laptop, maybe things would change, who knows what the future holds, he thought with a newfound encouragment to go through the day.
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"Things will change indeed and you must be ready, for what lies ahead will shake your very existence, the clock is ticking and the process will soon begin, the tenth hour on the thirty fourth minute will mark the moment, your time of rebirth is upon us," says the mysterious voice.