BradleyTheGreat Habitica 01-05-2023

Prompt: FINISH THE STORY - It was a Monday morning. I was at work, sitting at my desk. Then, suddenly, the phone rang. It was boss, and he said “Come into my office right this instant!” I shrugged and thought to myself, “What did I do now?” I then went to my boss’s office, my palms sweating and my body trembling. I was very nervous, given the fact that my boss had given me a warning last week for failing to meet a deadline. I was given one more week to finish the assignment, and I was nowhere near done. When I finally arrived at my boss’s office, I asked him, “What is it now?” He then gave me a dirty look and replied…

It was a Monday morning. I was at work, sitting at my desk. Then, suddenly, the phone rang. It was boss, and he said “Come into my office right this instant!” I shrugged and thought to myself, “What did I do now?” I then went to my boss’s office, my palms sweating and my body trembling. I was very nervous, given the fact that my boss had given me a warning last week for failing to meet a deadline. I was given one more week to finish the assignment, and I was nowhere near done. When I finally arrived at my boss’s office, I asked him, “What is it now?” He then gave me a dirty look and replied, “You know.”

“What do you mean?”

“You failed to meet your deadline, even after I gave you one more week!”

“Please give me another chance! I just had other things to do!”

“You already got another chance, and you blew it! You’re fired!”

I couldn’t believe what I heard. Or even what I saw, as something very weird was happening. My boss’ eyes were lighting up as if on fire, and fire also shot out from his mouth and caused the desk to ignite. In a panic, I ran out of the room. Just then, I could see that the whole room was on fire.

I ran to a nearby pull station and pulled the handle. The fire alarm then went off and I ran out of the building along with my coworkers. My boss was also running after me.

One of my coworkers then asked, “Was it YOU who started the fire? I thought I smelled smoke from your office a bit ago!” “It was an accident”, he replied. “I was just VERY mad at Fred for missing his deadline!”

A fire engine then came. There was also an ambulance in case anyone was hurt. A few minutes later, the fire was out, but the building was very heavily damaged.

Two firefighters then went inside. After doing some investigation, they came out and said, “I think this is the result of arson.” The firefighter thane called the police, who were there with a detective.

“I think the big man in the brown suit did it”, I said. “He got mad at me and breathed fire.”

The detective than went up to my boss and said, “Was it you who started this fire?” “It was an accident,” my boss replied. “I called somebody into my office after he missed a deadline despite getting a 1-week extension, and then fire just came out when I took a deep breath!” “Tell that to the judge”, the detective replied as two cops put cuffs over my boss’ hands.

A few days later, I was called in as a witness to testify against my boss in court. “Order in the court”, the judge said. “Officer, please rise and give your testimony!”

The police officer said, “We were called after a fire at an office building was said to be linked to an arson after investigation. The detective said it was the defendant, Mr. Miller, who started the fire.”

The judge then said, “Defendant, please rise and give your testimony!”

“I think it was an accident,” my boss said. “I was mad at Fred, who is a witness here, for missing a deadline. I fired him and then I accidentally breathed fire onto my desk.”

“I don’t believe you,” the judge said. “People can’t breathe fire. Mr. Baker, please rise and give your testimony.”

“I was called in by my boss, the defendant, after missing a deadline”, I said. “He fired me on the spot, and right after that, flames shot out of his mouth and started a fire in the office.”

“OK,” the judge said. “Mr. Miller, do you please innocent or guilty?”

“I plead innocent,” my boss said.

“Now the jury will get to vote,” the judge said.

The jurors then all voted that my boss was guilty. The judge then said, “Mr. Miller, I find you guilty of the crime of arson and sentence you to 25 years in prison! Case closed.”

I then left the courtroom along with everyone else. My boss left crying and had to be dragged out of the courtroom in handcuffs. I then went home and started looking for a new job.