When The Carnations Bloom

Chapter 3

Changing into a very comfortable printed cotton navy blue maxi dress, Miranda walked around in the orchard alone, carrying a basket to pick fruits. She was wearing a shawl around her shoulders and hat to cover her head. She sat down on a small bench for some time and looked up at the sky. The clouds in the blue sky. She always had a thing for clouds. She closed her eyes and sat there for a while enjoying how the breeze stroked her hair. She was carried away.

“Miranda please you should, there is no one else we trust we could let go for the internship. We didn’t expect Clara to back out at the last moment. Just the four months. It’s useful for you, then why can’t you consider?” Professor Jim was asking her to go for the internship at the T fashion magazine after the career guidance class they had the previous week taken by both the partners from the company. She had no interest to think of any sort of work except pursuing her post-graduation after her final exams.

“Because,” she said. “Because something tells me not to, I have no interest,"

“Then try for one month. You can come back then.  We will talk to them about it,” Professor suggested. And then finally she agreed to volunteer.

It was the joining day right after her exams, but her project viva was pending. The sky was unbelievably blue that day. She took a deep breath, smiled, and entered the company. She was escorted to her room by the lady in the reception. She was asked to report to her boss immediately.

“What’s his name?” Miranda asked the receptionist.

“Darren,”

And they reached the cabin and Miranda walked in. she recalled seeing him for the orientation. He had the chocolate brown eyes, melting, dark hair, and very fit body, wearing a white shirt with arms folded, matching his grey formal pants.
“Darren, she is here.”

He shook his hands and welcomed her.

“I am sure you will like it here. We are assigning everyone so please wait a few minutes, you will be taken to your department,” he told her. He had a very warm and crisp voice. She didn’t notice a moment of his speech back in college and now listening to him directly, she instantly fell in love with his voice.

The receptionist informed them of all of their designations. Miranda was appointed as a junior content writer. She was satisfied. She was taken to her department and she introduced herself to all her seniors. She had no other interns with her in this department.

“We reviewed a few of your self-written works. We were satisfied, so we demanded you to be put here. You have a good future child,” the manager said.

But she understood it was nothing but to encourage her to work better.

“Thank you, sir,” she thanked him and took her seat.

Miranda had no works for around two weeks except making sure her fellow workers got coffee on time. She ran into Darren a couple of times and ended up serving coffee for him too. While nobody was looking she continued her writing habits.

“And then one fine day, Out of the blue, You fall in love.

With someone’s voice, And keep listening to them like a