Feeling confident – or pretending that you feel confident – is necessary to reach for opportunities. It's a cliché, but opportunities are rarely offered; they're seized. – Sheryl Sandberg
*********
Emma took out her pencil and looked at the air for a few minutes,
"I've got it!" she exclaimed and one could see a light bulb at the top of her head
She immediately started to draw, and after almost an hour she finished her first drawing
She sighed proudly.
While looking at the drawing on the board a knock was heard on the door.
"come in," she said
The door opened slightly and Stacy came in
"I came to submit my first design" Stacy said and her eyes unknowingly looked at Emma's sketch. Her eyes widened and she looked at Emma with an unbelieving gaze
"uhm Emma did you just draw that now" Stacy asked
"Yup, I just finished," Emma said
"Now I know why you were chosen" Stacy smiled and kept her design on Emma's table
"um I'll bring the second design later" Stacy said and as she was about to open the door two ladies entered. they looked so alike that one could not tell the difference
"hi Stacy" the ladies greeted with a smile one was wearing a light purple lab coat with a purple fitted inside while the other was wearing a pink suit which looked good on her they looked really elegant and rich like the second generation heiress
"Hi Treasure, hi Gift" Stacy smiled
"Stacy where have you been " Gift said
"yeah you are quite rare" Treasure said
"I've always been here but I rarely come out of my office because of how busy I am" Stacy replied
"oh okay see you later" the ladies said. Stacy left the office and the two ladies walked towards Emma
"hi I'm Treasure Kwan and I am the head of the lab grading department this is Gift Smith the head of the managing department," Treasure said and stretched out her hand for a handshake
Emma accepted the handshake
"I'm Emma Jones," she said
"nice to meet you," Gift said
"Miss Emma we came here to ask you some questions about the design you submitted on the day of your interview" Gift said and she brought out the design from her file.
"We want to produce the necklace and as you know, you didn't draw this while working in sparkling beauty, so it is not our design, we came to ask you if we can produce this" Gift added
Emma smiled in excitement and nodded
"thank you, Miss Emma, we want you to be the one to choose the first gem that the jewellery will be produced with," Treasure said
"We have blue diamond, white silver, king's green emerald, and glowing red ruby. Those are the gems that I already examined in the lab" Treasure added
"um, I'm speechless right now," Emma said nervously
"I understand Miss Emma" Gift said with a smile looking at the nervous Emma
"you can take your time," Treasure said
"no, I'll choose now," Emma said
"that's great," Treasure said
"um I designed that with emerald in mind, I'll go for King Green emerald," Emma said
"that's great, the first jewellery to be produced will have King's green emerald and after that, we can use other gems to ....." Gift said and was cut off by Treasure's loud exclaim
"Wow, Emma did you design that?" treasure said pointing to the drawing on the sketch board
Emma scratched the back of her neck shyly
"yes I just finished" she replied
"wow you're talented" Gift said with a surprise
"We are proud to have you here," Treasure said
"thank you" Emma said with a blushing smile
"Aw you're so cute when you blush" Gift said making Emma smile more
"see you later Emma" They turned to leave
"wait," Emma said and they halted
"don't be offended but can I ask you something," Emma said hesitantly
"Don't be shy, go ahead and ask," Treasure said with a smile
"I heard that you are sisters so I wanted to ask, are you both twins? And I'm confused as to why you have different surnames" Emma said receiving a smile from the sisters
"no we are not twins" Gift said
"I am 30, I just got married last year and Gift is still 28" Treasure said
"We have another sibling and you'll meet her tomorrow, her name is....."
"Light Smith," Emma said excitedly, without giving Gift a chance to complete her sentence
Emma realized what she had done and she scratched the back of her neck in embarrassment
"um, I'm sorry"
The sisters laughed
"I see, you've heard of her, that's nice" Gift
said
"Yes Mr Bowie told me about her earlier" Emma said
"how old are you, Emma "Treasure asked
"uhm I'm 21 years old" Emma replied
"oh wow....she is just 22 years old, and I think you both are gonna get along quite well" Gift added
"One more question please" Emma requested
"your surname isn't American did you perhaps marry a Chinese?" Emma asked earning loud laughter from the sisters
"no, I didn't marry a Chinese dear... I married a Korean" Treasure said
"wow" Emma exclaimed and Treasure smiled at the girl's cute expression
"you look a lot like an old friend of ours" Gift said looking at the girl lovingly
"Really? That means she must have a great personality " Emma said with a smile
"of course, she does have a great personality she is such a bright girl" Treasure said with a longing look mixed with sadness in her eyes and Emma knew that she shouldn't ask more to avoid triggering some sad memories
"well...We have to go back to work, it's nice meeting you Miss Emma, we'll take our leave now," Treasure said with a smile and the sisters left the office together
When the duo left, Emma sighed
"it's going to be a long day, I'll finish my second drawing after lunch," Emma said
Two hours later was lunchtime,
"um I won't eat much I'll just grab a cup of coffee, and come back" Emma said to herself