Chapter 4
As Sally sat typing the memo to send out she recalled that Silas had told her in his office. When he had told her his wife did not agree with this move she had witnessed the sadness that had crossed his eyes.
Honestly she didn’t understand how people could still support the pharmaceutical industry anymore. But she also knew plenty of people who believed that their doctors still had their best interests at heart. However, Sally knew that many doctors were biased because pharmaceutical companies who would offer incentives in the form of cash to these doctors.
Sally fully supported this move by Silas and knew that he was taking a step to help millions of people. She also knew he had hoped to have the support of his wife in this adventure. It must be painful and frustrating to him that she didn’t agree with it she thought to herself and she realized that that his life at home wasn’t as happy as the pictures had made them seem.
Part of her felt guilty about her having secret thoughts of him and she felt that if it resulted in having affair, it wouldn’t be something she would stop.
She knew her parents would never agree with this way of thinking, but she wouldn’t be sharing this information with them. Anything between her and Silas would remain her secret.
After she was done typing and sending the memo out, she knocked on the door to his office.
“Come in.” She heard him call out.
Going in the door she saw him sitting at the table with a stack of papers in front of him. “Are all of those for this new division?”
“Yes some are from outside of the company but several are from people we already have working for us. Please sit down and help me make up a list of the most qualified people.” He patted the seat beside him.
He pushed a couple of the resumes he had already looked at towards her. “These are the ones I’ve looked at already. I made some comments on them, see if you agree with me.” He said.
“Honestly I’m not near as qualified to make these decisions as you.” She said.
“I just would like your opinion on this too, if you don’t mind.” He smiled at her. “After all it is nice to have someone on the same side as me in this.” He added.
Again she saw the sadness cross over his eyes and knew he was talking about his wife and her unwillingness to support this idea.
“It’s a great idea, one that other companies should also look into. But if we are one of the only companies, it will be a great profit-making opportunity.” Sally said.
“But once other companies see our success, and I truly hope this is successful, they will jump on the band wagon as well. We will have to make sure that people will find that our products are the best choice on the market.”
“You’re a brilliant man I’m sure you will discover a way to make this known.” She complimented him.
He smiled at her, “Thank you for the compliment. But I am not brilliant, I just want to help out people.”
Sally wanted to hug him more than anything at that moment. But she fought the urge, and instead looked down at the resume in front of her. Checking his notes and adding a few of her own.
The time passed by quickly and soon the darkness was coming down over the city. The lights began to fill the sky and her attention was drawn to the view again.
He noticed her looking out the window from time to time and smiled up at her. “Go ahead and look closer; it truly is beautiful. However, the beauty of the view is nothing compared to what I see in you.” He said.
Sally was flustered as she stood up and walked to the window. There was no mistaking that he was flirting with her at this point. She enjoyed the warm feeling that filled her body.
He came up behind her and looked out over the city with her. She could feel his warm breath against her neck. It took everything she had to not lean back against his hard chest and melt into him. Sally wasn’t sure how long she could stand this closeness without allowing her body to act on its primal urges.
Her stomach growled loudly and he laughed, “Wow, it is a lot later than I thought. I’m sorry I kept you so late. Let me order something for us to eat. We don’t have to work, we can just enjoy the view and deal with the rest of this tomorrow.” He said.
Thankfully, he had moved away from her and she was able to clear her thoughts, “Okay, that sounds good. But I can still work, I don’t mind.”
He proceeded ordered take-out Chinese food for them both. “Tell me more about yourself Sally.”
“Well there is really not a lot to know. I’m a pretty boring person. I always put my studies ahead of everything else. I wanted to succeed in school so that I could hopefully help my parents out so they can keep their farm going.” She said.
“So you grew up on a farm? What was that like? Did you have to get up and do chores all the time?” He asked with interest.
She laughed, “Well not all the time, but those 5 am wake ups were something you just knew you had to do when you lived on a farm.”
“5 am? Wow, I can’t tell you the last time I was up that early!” He laughed.
“Well I can tell you when I went to college it took me a while to adjust and feel like I wasn’t being lazy waking up at 7 in the morning instead!” Sally laughed as she admitted it.
Silas looked at her and smiled, “You know you are a very refreshing person. I love how down to earth you all. You don’t see that a lot when you’ve lived in the big city for so many years. I miss the small town atmosphere, sometimes I just want to move back and get away from all of this. Too many fake people who just smile at you and tell you what you want to hear.” Silas commented.
“I love the hustle and bustle here, I can’t imagine going back to boring Nebraska.” Sally stated.
“Give it time, you’ll miss it one day, maybe not right away, but the day will come when you definitely will! Trust me.”
“Where are you from?” Sally asked him.
“I come from a little town in New Hampshire, Sugar Hill. Very quaint and nothing like New York. But I haven’t been back there in years. I moved my mom and dad to a little home in the country here in New York. They didn’t want to move into the city, and it’s a little like Sugar Hill where they are at, but just not quite the same.” Silas explained.
“What about your wife, is she from a little town too?” Sally couldn’t help but ask.
“No she used to be a model here in New York, and grew up here her whole life. She doesn’t like the quietness of little towns at all.” He admitted.
“That’s a shame, sounds like you would really enjoy getting back to a nice quiet little town yourself.” Sally stated.
“Yeah I would, but we all have to make sacrifices in life.” He said.
Sally looked at him and wondered what he meant by that. Was he really unhappy in his marriage? Perhaps he was and this was his way of hinting to her that he was open to something with Sally.