Chapter 36

Michael watched her out of the corner of his eyes as he placed the order from his phone. She moved to take a seat far away from him. It felt weird to him, he wanted to make her comfortable but he didn t know how to. He dropped his phone beside him, crossing his leg over the other, he continued watching her as she fidgeted with her hands on her lap. He realized he hadn t in the two years of her employment with him had any conversation with her aside from the usual and necessary, which wasn t much. "Are you okay?" he asked trying to ease her tension "Yes sir." Michael thought for a while what topic to discuss with her while they both waited for their orders to arrive. "Do you have children," he asked, not sure if that was a good topic to discuss but the smiles on her face soon told him it was. Michael felt accomplished. "Yes sir," She answered, smiling for the first time in his presence. "How many of them?" "