Issue # 1 : Lesser Evils


When Sheila May had ignored his demand, Joffy knew that there will be hell to pay in this company. This he had told her current executive secretary , Marlena , as she angrily thought of a plan.

Add the reports that Sheila May had been spreading rumors in the office about the new guy. An idealistic arts management graduate who saw color in everything but did not last a day in his previous professions. Now he's under the marketing department and he was charmed by Sheila May somehow, who had been working at the sales department for months already. Sheila May's lack of alienation was revealed in her long wavy hair and the red silk skirt and the blazer that went with it. She bought one, for it was similar to her old job at the Mitsubishi Dealership in San Juan . Now she handles the creative department of the inherited Sime Darby business of his father.

The new guy never fitted in. He needed a job for his father was ready to kick him out of the house. He wants to be an actor who plays military roles, like what Brando would play in the movie Sayonara. But he needs to sustain himself somehow. And I will help him. The new guy's father used to race a lot of Formula 1 cars. The First Filipino ever. Too bad, he retired and let the dream go its own way when he got into a near fatal car-crash. All he does is live by his savings as a Motortrade dealer principal, which he stood by with a nihilistic philosophy.

The new guy knew rain tires. He had a vision to be revealed. He stood by rain tires and said that at times, he'd lock his room with rain tires to assure himself that he's safe and not bullied. By his father, by his classmates and peers and by his own rejections. Sheila May , to be frank, was a plunderous dilettante. She knows her arts and loves it but only finished enough credits to get into advertising. She knew her music, loves Tom Waits. But her flirtation with bully kids and bully variations make her a heartbreaker to the sensitive boys and girls who love Waits. Even I love Tom. And yes, Sheila May had been cruel to the new guy . She made him feel like he's such a delinquent, reversing his angles. I've been observing this. But I know I see the heart in this rookie.

I had lunch at the cafeteria with Marlena. She wore her nice yellow miniskirt and her nice flowery green blouse. I observed her legs crossed as she sipped her strawberry mocha frapuccino and I devoured the kimchi cakes I had asked the chef to cook for me.

New guy ain't dumb at all, I said to Marlena. Sheila May's pushing it. Sad to say, no
loophole is enough to kick her out.

Knowing you, you'd believe they'd need each other soon, replied Marlena. Her legs still crossed. Cup of her strawberry mocha frappucino on her right hand, red nail polish shine like the sun while she pushes the cup to her forehead. Her eyes protected by her specs, looking at me

I never liked Sheila May, Marlena starts. She thinks she knows everything somehow. And I had to fend off grad school plans when my dad had died and I'm still here. I've got enough mud to throw at her

Sir, I think you should go through first with the business plan, Sheila May had told me in a very bull-headed manner.

How many do I have to tell you, Joffy ,trying not to lose his cool. This analysis will help you with the business plan. How many times do I have to tell you that?

She whispered thing were better without you here. Joffy pretended I didn't hear it as I spun the bottle and see if it's hits either one-red, two-yellow and three-green. The last one was where the bottled stopped. I turned the television remote into the channel where the surveillance is, and he pressed the button of the creative department

In the creative department, Sheila May was being hard-headed and berating the new guys plans, when suddenly, her portable landline rang. As she answered it, she felt for a few minutes the floor being nonexistent and splashed into a yellow slime , taking the new guy with him.

The boss had heard splattering sounds and was alarmed that he had to see what was going on. The new guy was letting his finger flow through Sheila May's hair as Sheila May's legs felt as giddy as a fan dancing to a Dead Kennedys song, playing with her legs as if she was wading in the pool .

Both of you on assignment. Report to me next week.

The new guy revealed a smiled drenched in yellow slime and Sheila May. Well Sheila May was preoccupied and nearly swimming in the deep slime.

Joffy had told Marlena of his current solution and also stated that he wanted to withdraw himself from the routines early. Marlena said yes in that casual but sultry voice.

Marlena was too busy slaving away when the phone rang. As she answered, she crossed her legs for a while. Hello, BF Goodrich, San Juan. Marlena speaking? Green slime started pouring out from above. It was the sweet one that's edible. She didn't know if she'd get angry at Sir Joffy or just laugh about it, as her hands went all over her body, feeling the slime. To her hair, to her legs, lifting the skirt up a bit. Lips to the
sweet of the slime
- March 15,2010