Private Swallow your pride

Lucretia tossed the notepad back onto her desk before leaning against it. " So I've heard.....from you....multiple times." If Levina was one thing it was consistent. Minus her current hiccup, the woman stuck to her confidence the best she could. It was entertaining, to say the least, some people found unwavering confidence to be a positive trait.

"I know a company that deals with operating other forms of business. I'll speak to my friends there and see if I can find a personal assistant position in the portfolio. It may not be as glamorous as what this Sandoval guy was giving but you won't be unemployed. I take it you have enough funds to hold you over." She was wholeheartedly assuming Levina was fine financially given how she praised her former employer's generosity,''

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"You sound like a woman who has been beaten on by their lover for years." Lucretia pushed off the desk and walked around it. Taking a seat in the leather chair behind it she would put both her feet up on the desk and stare at Levina...like really stare at her as if trying to invoke an emotion or gleam something from her demeanor.

" If this guy has been abusing you then you should let me know now. There are ways to deal with trashy individuals like that. The last thing the city needs is bad people in positions of power." The irony was not lost on her but it was too funny not to say. "At the very least we can have him sued."

Lucretia gave a half-smile as she continued to stare at Levina, never breaking eye contact. From what she was told last time and what she had inferred through conversation Levina had a deep love for her job and her employer. To have lost both must've been hitting her hard and Lucretia was living for the downpour of emotion that could potentially come from Levina now that she had neither.

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"Mmm sure it is." Lucretia would put her feet back down. "Listen if there is going to be baggage coming with you between jobs you need to either get it sorted or drop it. I can't have you getting emotional when someone asks you to get them a coffee or take a few phone calls."

Lucretia's voice was stern and serious, she was never one for sugarcoating or coddling someone's feelings even when it came to her friends. So in this instance, Lucretia felt no guilt or shame in telling Levina to harden the fuck up. She sighed as an extended silence filled the room minus the muffled noise of outside.

"In the interim what are you planning to do?If you fall into alcoholism or depression while I'm doing then you'll have wasted my time." Lucretia leaned back ready to judge and pick apart Levina's response. This was going to be an investment on her part and bad investments were not something she liked to gamble on.

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"....Fair Enough." Lucretia tapped her finger three times on the desk echoing in the room loudly. "If you need a distraction while I look I can see into getting you a maid service job here. Maybe cleaning up other people's messes will help you get over yours." Lucretia was poking fun but the offer stood. Keeping a closer eye on Levina would be to her benefit as well. At the very least she could some benefit until the real payoff came to fruition.

"I'm sure your support system will be happy you have a job to keep your mind off things until something better comes along. People love to see progress." She gave a devilish smile with her last sentence as she took the notepad from the desk and placed it back in one pf her locked drawers. She didn't think a day like this would happen today but she was happy it did. It would provide a past time for her while on the job beside her usual acquaintances.

@Stefan

"He? What are they your brother or something?" Lucretia couldn't recall Levina ever mentioning family but then again it never came up and she never dug for it. " It is good to have family in your corner when you are making a big move in life." While she spoke Lucretia would be making the motions of pulling out some employment paperwork. Each contains pieces of information one may find necessary to decide if a job at a casino was right for them. In reality, getting Levina a job here would be easy it was just a matter of her say so.

Ovidio wasn't going to fight her on something so minuscule seeing as he had bigger things to worry about. However, keeping up the appearance that she was going out of her way would hopefully keep Levina in a giving mood when it comes to demands made of her down the line. Guilt was a hell of a tool when it came to keeping people in line.

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