“It’s true”, said Jane. “His name is Jim. Ms. Daniels got mad at him because he tried to sneak and sell poisonous cigars into the company made by Cigar Keys. He is a business man of the streets…”Little Benny would not let Jane finish her sentence. “I know who he is and what he is all about. I would have crushed Jim’s foot and would have thrown him out of this company.”
Jane said, “She had a reason for not throwing Jim out. She’s keeping him and those cigars to find out more about Cigar Keys. I think he’s afraid of Ms. Daniels. She’s a very powerful woman. She can bring Jim down to nothing.”
As Little Benny listened to Jane, he just happened to look up and saw Ms. Daniels standing upstairs looking down at everyone. Her eyes stayed fixed on Benny, and he soon dropped his head. There was something about Ms. Daniels that made him nervous too. Yet, he wanted to talk to Ms. Daniels about Cigar Keys. He was happy that he wasn’t the only one that knew about Cigar. It was the unknown about Ms. Daniels that he feared. Little Benny did not know her ways and wondered why she wanted to help him. He did not know that Ms. Daniels knew about him. Little Benny thought Ms. Daniels was too good to be true in helping him and offering him a job the way she did.
Soon, in no time, Ms. Daniels called Little Benny upstairs. She took Little Benny into her office. She said to him, “Be careful talking to Jane. She’s trouble. I don’t trust her. Keep to yourself and do your work.”
Benny wouldn’t mumble a word. He just shook his head in agreement. Little Benny could not look Ms. Waters straight in the eyes. He could since her attitude changing towards him, and he could feel her hurting. However, Ms. Daniels kept starring at Benny. She almost said something to him about looking down all of the time, but she thought that he might be shy.
“Is there anything that you would like to know?” asked Ms. Daniels.” Do you have any questions or comments?”
Benny wanted to tell Ms. Daniels about Cigar. Something inside was telling him not to mention him right away. “No, Ms. Daniels,” said Benny. “I have nothing to ask.”
“Then you may go back to work,” said Ms. Daniels opening the door for Benny to leave her office.
After Benny left Ms. Daniels office, Ms. Daniels wondered about Benny. She wanted to talk more to Benny because she knew he knew Cigar Keys. Ms. Daniels also knew that Benny was a good guy, but she wasn’t quite sure of him. She watched him a while to be sure. Ms. Daniels never trusted man.
