"You can't say that!" Tony shreked so loudly while shaking his head like a newborn baby whose neck hasn't been fixed yet.
"I can't say what?" Tracy asked with her lips on a thin line as a laugh, begs fervently to escape her lips.
Rolling his eyes, he sat on the chair she had offered him earlier, raising his legs up on the table while at it.
"Uh-huh uh-huh, put your legs down. This isn't your home, Tony." Tracy said with killer eyes.
However, whatever she said didn't seem to have any effect on him as he continued.
"You need to know that whatever you have going on in that head of yours could put you in a deep shit. So, don't think about it." He said with his eyes glued on her.
"Don't be a wuss, I know the gravity of what I intend to do. I am a grown adult, Sherlock!" She said, rolling her eyes at him.
"Do you?" His eyes whispered briefly to her ears.
"Can you explain what it was you called me here for again?" Tony asked, touching his nose line like they mean a lot to him at this moment.
"Smarty-pants, uh-huh, don't play that trick with me. I haven't said anything... yet. You just assumed some things in that head of yours and said I shouldn't say anything about it." Tracy said, standing up from where she sat.
"Well, that's because I know you are crazy! It's so crazy that I wonder how we were friends for 8 years, and I haven't been admitted to a psychiatric home just by being friends with you."
Standing up, he moved around like a debater who was trying to make a point. "You didn't come to work today and didn't pick your phone when the HR called and after I did too and some tensed hours later, you just called out of the blue whispering into your cell phone like you've been kidnapped and your words, "Come to my place after work." Then you hung up with no additional statement to help me relax. Isn't it obvious what has taken over you?" He asked, ending his pace with a deep sigh.
"Hmm, is it?" Tracy asked with a deep smile.
"Start speaking now, Lady, or you'll find me gone in a flash." Tony said with a tired tone.
"I was watching TV last night when my eyes stumbled upon it. It was a beauty to behold, Tony. You should have seen it. A place filled with nature and all, and just like a spell was used on me, I got intrigued, so intrigued that I needed to check it out. You've got to understand, Tony, I need this." Tracy said in one breath with her eyes glistening like that of a 4 years old who wants a new toy.
"You've got to understand that this isn't something you can just do. You've made use of the vacation time given out to employees every year. Unless you plan to quit, you have nowhere to come back to if you go on your spiritual healing journey." Tony said with a deeper sigh.
"I'll quit then." Tracy answered with a big smile.
Closing his hands as fast as lightning to calm his racing heart, Tony replied, "You are very crazy."
"Don't be like that, I am going to be fine. I'll search for another job when I get there." She replied.
"Well, good luck on your adventure. You know, I believe the Guinness Book of Record should find you. This is the 20th work you have quit in the past 8 years that I have known you, and you are not even up to 40 years of age. 33 years old, and your teenage lifestyle hasn't left you." Tony said with his arms akimbo.
"You don't need to be sour about it. I have done this so many times, and I'll surely find a way out. But the thing is that I don't want you to feel bad since you were the one that made me get the job, and I did promise to stay long, and I did. This year would make it my fourth year, and that is very, very long." She said, drawing her last statement.
"...and?" Tony asked.
"I need a farewell fund from you. We've been friends for 8 good memorable years. You know, I am going to a new country, starting a new life, so I'll need some money to keep my hands greased until I find a job." She clasped her hands together with a smile as she ended her statement.
"Like I said earlier, you are very crazy. If you think I'll give you a dime, then you must be in a dreamland. So, I want you to explore it as long as you can because in reality, there's nothing like such. Now, I have had a busy day at work and would like to go home." Tony said before walking towards the door.
"I know my life choices sound really crazy to you. But, there's also a good side to it. Every work I have left was without nothing. I have learned from each one. With my level of experience, I can even start my business there. I was going to keep it a secret from you until I acquired it, but I guess you need to know why I need a lot of money."
With a deep sigh, she continued.
"When I saw the resort, I Googled who the owner was, and she's just a lady in her 40s. If she can start a place as beautiful as that, then I can too. I was thinking I'd also start a travel blog and earn from it two years after starting my restaurant. I have done more research about the place I'll be staying in, and I am very sure I can do this, but I can't do it alone." Tracy said as she walked closer to where Tony stood.
"I have never seen this serious side of you. Is it real?" Tony asked with a chuckle.
"Hehe, yes, it is. All that was needed was a miraculous view of a resort." Tracy answered with a smile of her own.
