Adebelle

I have a confession to make. Alright, alright, maybe a few…

You see, I was really bored and sleepy in the office… not meaning to complain about the current situation. I mean, my working life has been really good, maybe, just maybe, a little bit too good to be true. For a moment working life is STRESS-FREE! No complains really… Am getting paid doing e-learning at my own pace, net-browsing on my own will, networking as much as I may , drinking and eating all I want. What more, am boss-less at the moment. Believe it; I’ve been doing these for the past 2 weeks.

Well, all these can be a tiny winy daunting. As my eyelids grew heavier, decided to get some fresh air somewhere outta office. It wouldn’t look good to fall asleep in the office, would it? Without second thought, I allowed my feet to lead the way and miraculously found my self walking towards the mall… A mad rush of adrenaline pumped through every vein in my body when I breathed the lovely perfumed air at the entrance. Suddenly, the sleepy bugs disappeared from my system, replaced those annoying bugs were waves and waves of enthusiasms and boundless energy as I laid my eyes on those sweet darlings, from candy-like eyeshades to yummy looking lip glosses to immaculate shoes to… Oh, don’t get me started *grinning*

I felt myself glowing, from head to toe as the make-up artist finished her final touch on my face. This is fabulous! I mean, you get to point at anything on the make-up desk and the next minute, you would find that lovely shade on your face, nicely painted by the skillful makeup artist. They won’t even dare to wince!! GREAT! Oh yea, did I mention it is entirely FREE OF CHARGE??? Contended, sat back on the comfy chair beaming and admiring the beautiful shades on my eyes. I know the shades would look great on me…  Uhmmmm… This is so fulfilling… “Miss, do you wanna try out latest eye liner? It is the latest technology and it will glide effortlessly on your delicate eyes…” Shoot, when I looked at the watch it’s almost 5 pm!! Now, what time did I sneak out from the office again? “You know what, I’m gonna come back for this after 5.30 pm, ok? I’m kinda in a hurry… I’ll come back in a while, I promise. By the way, thanks for your lovely hospitality and nice meeting you. My name is Adeline. See you later.”

Sheepishly, walked quicker than normal back to my desk, wishing hard no one would notice the change… Was laughing triumphantly inside when everything gone totally unnoticed. Then, LC spotted the difference and there goes my secret… Now everyone knows I sneaked out to get a ermm, makeover. Great, very great! And now I don’t have to make any confession, do I? The whole world knows now… By the way, I’ve supported our government’s effort to improve the economy in the country.

Now, what I’m about to confess, in my own term, is really horrible and heaven forbids me doing that. Geez, I loathe myself when I think of what I did…

So you see, it was almost 6.30 pm when I left the paying counter. Realised I’d have to walked in the already darken skyline alone to get my car, I paced myself and hurried to the LRT station. I was looking everywhere for the return pass. I saw it after lunch and now it’s gone! What the heck, I shouldn’t waste time looking for that damn card and decided to get a new one. I have no idea where the crowd came from. Gosh, both the automatic and manual ticket counters were packed with people. I wasn’t gonna queue up just to get something I’ve actually paid for.

An evil thought played in my mind. Maybe I could tell a little white lie. It wouldn’t hurt, right? After all, I paid for it. Just that I lost it.  Determined I walked to the ticket collector and trying to get passed the gate by ‘reasoning’ with him. I told him that I lost my pass and asked if he could just let me get through the gate. Errm, maybe I went a bit overboard… I said someone robbed my purse during lunch time and I didn’t have any money with me (not that I can’t afford RM 2.40.. look at the queue, please) I guessed I must have looked at him with that poor little puppy eyes or I must be really good at acting. He totally bought it!! Actually, he was so concerned and being really sympathetic. He said he would BUY the ticket for me and with that he headed straight inside the counter and paid for it! Gosh, I really didn’t see this coming. If I had seen it, I promise I wouldn’t have lied to him. It’s hard to believe there is still Good Samaritan around. This guy is indeed very generous. Maybe he thought a girl in her power suit and her laptop wouldn’t lie over Rm2.40?

I must have thanked him for 5 times or more when he handed the pass to me. Without a doubt, he had no idea I was lying… I am such a terrible person… guilt crept in mercilessly, filling the whole being of me. But still, I couldn’t help to feel a tad bit excited that my evil plan had worked out so well, almost near perfection. I know it’s really horrible… To make up for that, I flashed my mega watt of smile and said to him with 100% sincerity, “God bless you”, turned my heels and quickly marched towards the elevator.

Even it has been a day but I still can’t believe I made up that little white lie… How ironic, I could afford 200 bucks worth of cosmetics but a mere 2.40 bucks of LRT pass! What’s worse is that I have totally abused the trust of a stranger and misused his kindness at my own expense. I have sinned…

Holy Lord, please forgive me, forgive my foolishness…

By the way, I am a shopaholic, just so you can’t tell by now.

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