Secretary of the Empress

In a bathroom. (Joe POV)

When I come there, I looked in a mirror in front of me, and as I started washing my face, from a beer. As I was doing it, I could hear that text message come. When I take my phone out, I looked at it, and then I read, 'I need to go back to the company, sorry.'

"Fuck. Really Matt," I said, and when I hide the phone, I started washing my face again, now hair especially. When I was doing it, someone come inside, and then I could hear, "are you all right."

"Yes," I said to him, but when I turned and give a little weight on my left leg, I could feel pain and once again, I started falling. When it was happening, he catches me, and then he said, "let's go."

"OK," I said and as I thought that we will go out, and he will help me with going to the bus as for the taxi I had not enough money. In reality, we started going upstairs. While seeing it, I said, "where are we going."

"One place," he said, and as we somehow jumped, we go to one of the private rooms, and while seeing two men are sitting and drinking one, said, "Oh, fuck. Joe."

"Marcus," I said while recognizing my desk mate from high school. When he looked at me, he walked to help the men who helped me come here, and then he said, "Kev, go and ask for ice."

"OK," Kevin said, and when Marcus helped me go to the couch, I sit there, and when I looked at him, I said, "nice to see you again."

"Joe, how long it was?" he asked while looking at my face.

"Many years," I said.

"Yea too many, how are you," he asked.

"Good. Life is going somehow," I said.

"Who he is," the guy who only observed us said.

"Greg, I told you about him many times," Marcus said.

"When," Greg asked.

"Oh, you remember one football player, who was a tackle so drastically that, he needed to end with football," Marcus said. When Greg nodded, he continues, "it's him one of the best talents in football history who needed to end his career before, it even started."

"Oh, come on, I wasn't so great," I said.

"You were, many top clubs were fighting for you from entire Europe before it, but you stayed in this shit three league clubs to end your high school who know why," Marcus said, and when I looked at him, I smiled, and then I started massaging my knee.

When I was doing it, Kevin comes back, and when he holds ice in his hand, Marcus said, "well, put it to your knee."

"Thanks," I said, and when I take it, I moved it there. When I had done this, I could feel a little better, but still, it hurt so much. When I was holding it, Marcus said, "so where are you working now."

"CDN," I said to him.

"Oh, great, my wife is vice of CDN," Kevin said.

"Oh," I said while looking at him, and then I asked, "Sofia?"

"Yes," he said, and when he looked at me, he said, "you should know her, as you are Megan's assistant."

"What" I could hear Greg and Marcus' voices at the same time.

"I maybe meet her once," I said.

"Oh," he said, and when I looked at him, he added, "I hope she isn't a pain in the ass."

"I just started being there as an assistant," I said.

"Oh, right she told me that Meg went to Paris with you for some business," Kevin said, and when I nodded, I looked at my knee, and then I moved ice to let it be on full of it. When I had done this, Marcus said, "so how are your grandparents."

"They are dead car accident seven years ago," I said while looking at the ground.

"Sorry to hear it," he said, and when he patted my back, he added, "so you are alone now."

"Yes," I said, and as I wanted to get up the pain, come to me and as I needed to sit one again. When I was looking at the ground, someone gives me a glass, and then Kevin said, "drink."

"Thanks," I said, and when I started drinking it, I looked at him, and then I could hear Marcus' voice. "it should help you for now."

"Should, but I don't know if it will," I said, and as I have done glass, I looked at them talking. While it was happening, I started feeling sleepy while drinking the second one. When I was doing it, I close my eyes for a second but don't know why I fall asleep.

In another room. (Megan POV)

When I drank my cocktail, Sofia said, "girl, I talked with Kev."

"So," I said while looking at her.

"Oh, Joe is all right, but he can't walk well," she said.

"Oh, what has happened," Eve asked.

"He received a kick. I hacked to cameras here, and as I can't see her face, I could see that she especially kicked his knee," Alice said.

"So what," Sofia said.

"He has scars on it, probably something happened to him," I said, and when I continued drinking, who knows which cocktail, Kevin come inside. When he looked at us, he walked to Sofia, and as he kissed her, he said, "he should be all right."

"What is happening there," Sofia asked him.

"Oh, Greg is making him drink," Kevin said.

"Fuck," Sofia said, and then Marcus come in, and when he looked at me, he said, "Megan, I didn't know that he is your secretary."

"What do you mean?" I asked him.

"I know him," Marcus said.

"So maybe you know what has happened to his knee," Alice asked.

"I know too well," Marcus said, and as he takes his phone out, he started searching for something. As he was doing it, he said, "be prepared, for what will you see."

"OK," we said to him, and when he played us a short clip at the end of it, I started feeling sick while wanting to puke, after what I just saw. When I looked at him, I said, "it's so bad."

"I know," he said.

"So now I know why he falls on the ground after this kick," Alice said.

While hearing her, Marcus looked at her, and when he walked to her, she played the video, and when he looked at it, he said, "fucking hell."

"So doc, what is this," Natasha asked.

"I told you to not talk like to me," he said, and then he added, "probably nothing for a normal person, but from what I know it, he might have problems with walking for some time."

While hearing his words, I nodded, and when I looked at them, the boys walked away while we come back to drinking.