**Toby**
Darren called during my few days off asking if I could meet him at the main office. I wondered if he was changing my work assignment. I've been basically stuck on nights since the fucked up of punching Scott. Maybe I'll hear something about more about the promotion. I've been done with my degree for almost two years and like always, 'Toby, please just bear with us the promotion is coming'.
I arrived at the main office a little before ten, I didn't know I was meeting with both Darren and Jacob. When I walked into the waiting room, Susie, I found out what her name was after I'd hired in. She smiled but wasn't her friendly self, which makes me wonder what's up. She just told me they were waiting for me in the conference room. She wouldn't small talk with me at all, so I just told her thanks and walked into the conference room.
"Hey Toby, you've had a day off, you shouldn't look that tired." Darren laughed at me.
"You haven't spent any time with my boyfriend, he can wear you out and not in the good sense." Both Darren and Jacob laughed.
"Oh we know, hell we're married, you don't think we don't get bitched at or get the honey do lists?" Jacob said.
I chucked humorlessly, "Yeah."
"Well you probably wonder what you were called down here for." Darren asked.
"I just assumed you're going to change up my schedule." I responded.
"In a sense we are." Jacob stated. "I'm moving Darren over to the hospital as Head of Security, Frank finally retired. Which you're probably wondering what that has to do with you. Well, the reason Darren asked you to finish your degree, oh so many months ago. Or we should say year and months, was so you could be his assistant once he was placed as head."
I just looked at them, was this really going to finally happen. "Okay."
"So, here is the contract take a few days to look it over. If you agree to all of it. You start Monday, if not, we expect you to show up to your post at six-thirty Saturday night."
I think I was in shock, I just looked at them. "Toby are you there?" Darren asked while laughing.
"I'm not dreaming, this is really happening?"
Darren smiled. "Yes, but there is another thing."
"A catch?" I asked, of course there had to be something.
"In a sense, yes." I just looked at Darren. "No more uniform."
"Well, not going naked for you." I laughed.
"This job is suits." I closed my eyes, of course. "Do you own one?"
"One." I responded.
"Sport jackets?"
"A few."
"Well, you'll have to make do for the time being. Just change it up, until you bank enough to get a few more suits. But again, take the contract home, look over it and get back to us by..."
Jacob interrupted him. "Well its Tuesday, you asked for Friday off, you work Thursday. Why don't you take Thursday off too?" I went to object but Jacob stopped me. "On us, and get back to us Friday. We'll just meet back here at ten?"
"Sure, that sounds good." I shook both of their hands and picked up the contract. I walked out, Susie asked if my meeting went well. I told her better than expected. She smiled at me as I turned to walked out to the parking lot in a daze, I couldn't believe this was finally happening. I put the contract in my saddlebag and sat on my bike for a few minutes for my heart to calm down.
Darren came out into the parking lot, "You going to be okay? Because you look fucked up." He laughed.
"You want me to be your second, with no experience?" I questioned.
Darren closed the gap between us. "I like you kid, you have a good head on your shoulders, somewhat hot-tempered but all in all a good head. I would like to take you under my wing and I hope in a few years you can have your own assignment. This company needs some good young blood."
"Thanks."
"Don't thank me now, just don't make me regret my choice." Darren clasped my shoulder before he walked away.
Jack wasn't the first person I call to talk to, it was my dad. Jack would've said, whatever they offer take it but I wanted to look through this offer, it was my first high paying job after my year as a police officer.
That was the first thing that I noticed when I flipped through the contract was the annual salary with the yearly increases. Currently I wasn't making much over minimum wage, I was just a basic security guard. Just looking at this contract it was doubling what I make now and actually a little more than what I made as a police officer.
My dad told me to meet him at the diner where we always go, he would be there on his lunch break. I went straight there and had coffee while I waited for him. When he informed me he was on his way, I ordered for him, I knew what he would like.
Dad looked over the contract, which I already had done a few times before he had arrived. "Well do you see anything you don't like about it?" He asked.
"Not really, they will even pay for my tuition if they request that I take more classes, which is great. I've already have a nice size student loan debt."
"Well stop paying for everything your boyfriend wants and you would be able to pay some of it down." I just looked at him, he's right but I'm not going to admit to anything.
"Oh and..." My dad looked at me.
"And what?" Because this is going to kill me.
"I have to dress up." He started laughing.
"How up?"
"Suits, Darren will take me wearing sports jackets and dress pants until I can buy a few. I only have one."
"You have two, it's in my closet. Remember the one we bought you for your grandmother's funeral."
"Okay, I have two. It still doesn't make me any happier." I half-heartedly smiled at my dad, he knows I hate dressing up.
