V is for Vanessa Girty
She frowned as she looked in the mirror. She could spot a
gray hair struggling to slip out from her smooth high bun. She picked up her
trusted silver scissors and snapped the errant hair as close as possible to her
scalp. Now there, she looked prim and proper. She adjusted the scarf around her
neck, tucked her white blouse neatly into her black pencil skirt and pulled
her skin-coloured stockings smoothly over her hairy legs. There was no time to
shave this morning- not after she had to spend an hour cooking lunch for her useless
brother and equally stupid sister. They were quite rigid about cooking duties. Surely one of them could have exchanged the lunch duty.She was the one
who had to leave early morning. Both the buffoons left for their offices only
by 9:30 a.m. They could take over the morning cooking but as
stated earlier-they were buffoons.
She slipped on her high heel shoes-they killed her knees and
back -but then they were an essential part of her and played a big role in
portraying her as the formidable Miss V. Girty. She wore her maroon lipstick
and patted some talcum powder on her neck and finally dabbed some eau-de-cologne.
It was frightfully expensive- but she had to wear it, after-all she had to
smell pleasant and not like some fisher-woman from the docks!
She picked up her boxy handbag and armed with her floral handkerchief she was ready for school. She
glanced at her wrist watch. The huge dial held together by thick black straps
showed 7:15 a.m. She was well in time. That snake Ganga won`t get an
opportunity to act smart today. He thinks he can get away with his impudent
behaviour. He jolly well knew that Miss Girty held the reins of the Accounts
section and was now gaining favour with Mother Superior as well. But that did not stop him from trying out his strong-arm tactics with her. She knew how to
crush such creatures under her pointy heels. Today she planned to eliminate him
forever.She walked into her office at sharp 7:45a.m.
Soon Ganga walked in and slid the muster on her table and
she skimmed through it. Mr J. Britto`s signature was missing. The next second Mr Britto materialised in her office and drawled in his sexy voice, “Good Morning
Vanessa. Apologies. Can I have the muster please?”
Miss Girty got so flustered that she nearly dropped the muster on the water jug resting on her table. She just nodded dumbly and handed the muster to him.How she
loved being called Vanessa! She wanted to flutter her lashes and act all coy
but that Ganga stood there grinning like the cat who got the cream.
She knew that today she would have to sign his fraudulent requisition slip
for 4 bulbs again!
p.s. Yes it is Miss Girty from Francesca and Ganga Prasad in my A2Z Challenge
12 comments:
Even the best laid plans can get derailed. Hopefully Vanessa will have better luck in the future. Weekends In Maine
I missed the earlier parts of Miss Girty’s story but I like how you have etched her character so strongly!
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Great story, beautifully written!
I recalled them immediately. Your characters stay on.
@ WIM I hope so too :-)
@Noor thank you
@ Frederique Thank you
@ Sonia I am glad they do :-)
I loved to see these characters again. It's too bad she couldn't get rid of him before that!
I guess I missed some earlier parts of the story. A well-written piece.
While, as children, we are having crushes and boyfriends in school, something similar is happening in the staff room!!!
And an oops moment! Well put.
Even if you had not mentioned that Miss Girty is back we still remember her:)
@ Shweta..Thanks..;-) too bad
@ Pradeep Thank you
@ Nisha Teachers are humans too! And its never too late to have a crush ;-)
@ Prakash Thank you
@ Ira glad you do :-)
The characters are new to me but I enjoyed reading the post. Cheers Arti
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