Chapter 3 think it's very difficult

every day at five in the morning, get home at seven at night and barely have time for other things. ─ I splash water on my face, wiping off the remaining makeup. ─ All this effort, for an idiot to come and invalidate me just because I'm a mother. ─ Stay calm, we’ll think of something to help you. Mr. Henry can't just fire you, I'll talk to my boss, maybe he can change his mind. ─ I think it's very difficult, but it doesn't hurt to try. ─ I shrug, not believing he will back down. ─ Go home, get some rest. I'll keep you informed. ─ Pull me into a hug. ─ Thank you. We left the bathroom and Carmen returned to her room. I grab my bag and go straight to the parking lot, all I want is to get home and have a cold beer. I don't have the mind to go to HR, tomorrow I will resolve all the pending issues. This idiot doesn't know what he's missing. I hope he falls and breaks his face. CHAPTER 3 The Bueno group is responsible for managing and financing some hotels in the country and abroad. The reason for my last trips was to see the opening of a luxury hotel in Fortaleza, followed by Salvador and Aracaju. While I was on the plane, I realized that I had never opened the email with my new secretary's personal information. Vitória Alencar, thirty years old, resident of the city center and mother of Carina Alencar, a five-year-old child. If there was any information saying that she was married, she might try to follow through with the contract, as she would have someone to help her with the child. As this was not the case, I had to take severe measures. Because I know that often the father is not present, so the entire burden falls on them. ─ You really are an idiot! ─ she says, sounding incredulous. ─ In the twenty-first century, judging a woman just because she has a child. I'm not going to lower myself by begging for this job, especially because you must be just a spoiled rich guy and a son of a hatchet. ─ What did you call me? ─ I ask, unable to believe such audacity. ─ Son of a hatchet. That's the only reason you're such a jerk, you must not have had a mother. ─ She doesn't seem to be intimidated by me. ─ Have a good time, Henry. It wasn't a commendable attitude on my part, however, I couldn't risk it. A single mother is a magnet for confusion and right now I'm running away from it. My last two assistants were a fiasco, they left me in the middle of a meeting because of the children and I won't tolerate that again. Because I still haven't gotten over the fact that Larissa made me lose a million-dollar contract, while we postponed the meeting, one of the competitors got in touch and presented a similar project and as it couldn't be any different, they discarded us. ─ I can't believe you were that stupid, Henry. ─ Luz, my sister, says, entering my room without knocking. ─ What happened now? ─ I stop analyzing the contract I was reading. ─ I was in the bathroom when a girl came in crying, I know it's wrong to listen to other people's conversations, but I didn't want to bother her. ─ Get straight to the point, Luz, I don’t have all the time in the world to listen to you. ─ She was saying that the hatchery's son fired her just because the poor thing has a daughter. I don't want to believe that this is really the reason, Henry - he says, looking at me with his arms crossed. ─ Tell me, it was all a misunderstanding, wasn’t it? ─ There is no misunderstanding, that's exactly what you heard. I've had unpleasant experiences and I'm not in the mood to go through that again. Women with children only attract trouble, even in the workplace. And since I'm the CEO, I can hire and fire whoever I want. ─ Where did you get this madness from? This attitude is extremely sexist and illegal, you cannot discriminate against a person in this way. She has been working with you for a month, has she ever let you down? ─ She slapped the table. ─ No, but... ─ There is no “but” you speak as if only single mothers are prone to problems and it is not like that. Would you also fire a man because he was a father? ─ No, you know that men and women have different roles in raising a child. ─ Are you listening to your own words? ─ question possessed. I knew that the moment I found out, Luz would come with her moralistic speeches, but I thought it would take a few more days. ─ I don't care about your opinion, Luz. I already fired her and I won't go back - I say decisively. I never let my sister influence my decisions and I won't do it now. ─ Then I'm going to hire her, I really need an assistant ─ she says with her nose in the air, challenging me. ─ No, you can't go over my decisions, I'm the president of this company, Luz. ─ My voice is a little louder than normal. ─ And I'm the vice president, Henry! I can't see my brother making sexist decisions and stand by. A woman cannot have her professional performance measured by her personal life. Emergencies cannot be predicted, anyone can be prone to situations like this. ─ He places both hands on the table, facing me ─ Unfortunately, you are not the son of a brooder and mom will find out about this stupid attitude. Deep breath. I could only have thrown a stone at the cross. Luz has this obsession with being a vigilante and unfortunately today I am a victim of it. ─ I won't bother arguing with you, Luz. Do you want to hire Vitória? Feel free, just don't complain when she lets you down to run to her daughter's school or to the hospital because the child fell and hurt herself. ─ For the sake of my sanity and our sibling relationship, I'm going to my room. I can't believe you're acting like such a big idiot, that's not what Mom gave us. She turns her back, leaving my room. Our age difference isn't that big, I'm thirty-five and Luz is thirty. When dad died we inherited the company, as I was the oldest I became president. There are days when my sister is simply impossible to deal with, there is so much for her to worry about, she will pretend to be a single mother's vigilante. Because I know her well, I know that I wasn't bluffing when I said I would hire Vitória and unfortunately we have the same level of autonomy, that is, she can hire whoever she wants, even if I'm against it. There's nothing I can do. I have two rules that I won't give up for anything: Work will always be my priority. And under no circumstances should I work or have a relationship with women who have children, even if they are hot as hell. CHAPTER 4 My weekend was shit. Without Carina at home everything was too quiet, all I could think about was what a son of a bitch my boss was. I still can't believe he fired me for such a reason... I don't have the words to describe it. Of course, in emergencies she comes first, but other things, like doctors and school