A Confession Changed My Life

I'm an HR professional. At the time I was a generalist dealing with benefits, part of my training. A coworker, same age group came to my cubicle and asked to speak with me. In private. We went into the stairwell and she told me I was her only friend, I was nice to her but nothing beyond that, but she went on and said she was going to kill herself. That night. I went through the emotional response begging her not to do it. She swore me to silence, because I was her friend.

I sat in my cubicle fretting and uncomfortable, I got up to go the bathroom and ran into the CFO, HR reported to him and he said hi, how are you and I broke down. He walked me back to his office and told me to unload. He told me I didn't have permission to bottle things up, he wanted his girls to be happy. I told him what my coworker had told me. He stood, put his hands on my shoulder, told me confidences were a burden but I had done the right thing. Go and bring my coworker to his office.

He was blunt, "I hear you're going to kill yourself." "Not on company time, no one wanted to deal with the mess". "Now what's on your plate? You need to get these things done, you have close coming up, you will be on the budget committee (made up at that time), you have too much to do too kill yourself". "And one more thing, you didn't ask me for permission". "My girls don't kill themselves without my permission".

I was sick at the stomach, I was going to vomit. "Now get your tail back to your office".

After she left he turned to me "She's your responsibility, you keep a close eye on her". With that he put his arm around me holding me very tight, turned my face to him and kissed me. "Your my baby, my lady, my responsibility; she's your baby, your friend, your responsibility". Another hug, another kiss, and a squeeze of my butt and he sent me back to my cubicle.

My lady friend, my baby, never brought up killing herself again. I became his favorite, his baby, h8s lady, his main squeeze. I hung around his neck to get kissed, he patted my bottom in front of God and everyone, he called me Baby, Sweetheart, Honey. He kissed me regularly, and took me with him to all kinds of places. Ball games, parties, vacations. He flew me to Las Vegas to marry me. And through these last 12 years he takes care of his Baby. And I have my Baby to take care of. She's my closest dearest most important lady in my life.