Mr. Mellone’s unique сollection

She thought that her resume, good looks and gorgeous hair would be enough to win immediately the favor of a lonely, sick old man. «Well, it’s even more interesting!», – she thought and with pleasure shared her impressions of the road in the purest French, noting the satisfaction that flashed in the eyes of her interlocutor. This was followed by a strange dialogue in Spanish, Italian, German and Russian. She had no problems with these languages. Mellie was a polyglot, proud of it, and was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but the next question, asked in Arabic, quickly brought her down to earth.

Having difficulty grasping the essence ofВ the question, she gave the answer with the same difficulty, absolutely not sure if she was answering correctly.

She saw the satisfied nod of her future employer and nevertheless exhaled, even almost relaxed, but it wasn’t there, because Mr. Mellone spoke in Chinese! She did not know this language at all, and could only shake her head in response to a questioning look.

The same thing happened when aВ question inВ Portuguese followed.

Confused, Mellie cursed everything inВ the world toВ herself, literally burning with shame and anger. She was angry at Mr. Devon for not warning her, and she was even angrier at Mr. Mellone for making such excessive demands! The words were spinning inВ her head: В«There is nothing toВ do for you, an old stump inВ aВ wheelchair! Just sit and teach others! And, byВ the way, there are still aВ lot ofВ interesting things inВ life, especially for aВ young and pretty girl!В».

Mellie said: «I’m sorry!» and got even angrier, at herself. «Sorry for what? Sorry for who? What kind of nonsense am I talking about?», – her thoughts were confused for some reason, although she had never noticed such a thing before. Contrary to her expectations, Mr. Mellone’s smile became even more benevolent.

– When will you be able to get to work? – there was a smell of wildflowers heated by the afternoon sun, the murmur of a stream and the chirping of cicadas could be heard when he spoke.

She shook her head toВ get rid ofВ the obsession. The intonation and the voice itself caused audible and almost tangible hallucinations, but the meaning reached her. She passed! He hired her! And making aВ note toВ be extremely careful inВ conversations with this man who became her boss, Mellie said: В«Now! If it is necessary!В».