Short Story: Olivia's Journey To Freedom

This was the story that Olivia was told as a young girl. She vaguely remembers being told the story of the couple by her dad before she went to sleep. She fell in love with the story because of how kind the family was to everyone. However, she doesn’t remember how the story ended, probably because she would always fall asleep. She had always wondered if the man had fulfilled his promise or not. Whenever she thought of this story, she wondered what the promise was an if the man had kept the promise? She slowly let the story slip her mind and eventually had to return back to reality because it was now time for her to go to work. She was not excited to see her co-worker Phil, who like all annoying co-workers assumes all the work you do is wrong and that they could do it better. Phil constant complains that she should be fired. “Why? Being a financial advisor isn’t hard! All I do is advise people on how to manage their money. Besides, half the people who come looking for help are idiots! Of course not Louis, why invest $1450 to into a small local food restaurant, which doesn’t even have a location yet.” She angrily thought to herself. Obviously, Olivia hated her job, but not only because of the annoying co-workers and customers, but also because she had

She sat down and instantly hit ‘auto-pilot mode.’ From 9 A.M. to 1 P.M. she carelessly worked, seeing a few clients or filling out forms, until lunch. she always ate lunch at 1:12 P.M. because there is always a meeting from 1:10-1:25 and lunch was her only excuse to miss it. She mostly ate lunch alone, except for the few days a month when the janitor named John would eat in the opposite corner. John was the closest person she had to friend, but they rarely talked. Olivia only assumed he didn’t hate her because he replied when she would talk to him and he still occasionally shows