The Woman From Hell novel (Wanda and Theo) novel Chapter 1971

The windows of the office upstairs were the most important. I came to the hallway with my tools.

Employees would gather here to drink coffee while looking out at the busy traffic outside and chatting in their spare time.

The windows here had always been clean. The ladies had really worked hard.

I lifted the tall pole used to clean the windows, but there was still a slight gap between the top. I moved the ladder and made sure it was firmly in place before climbing it. It was just enough to reach the top.

I felt a little tired after wiping the entire window twice, so I sat next to the ladder and rested. Looking at the blue sky outside, my once gloomy mood was swept away.

However, an unpleasant voice came again not long after. Hattie came toward me step by step. Seeing me seated, displeasure filled her face. "Are you slacking here just because no one can see you? Have you wiped all the windows?"

I looked up at her and responded angrily, "It's all done."

"Oh, is that so?" Hattie turned around to check. She swiped her finger before showing it to me. "Are you sure you did? There's still so much dust. Wipe them again. I’ll watch you from here!”

"Alright."

A wise man would not fight when the odds were obviously against them. It just had to wipe the windows again.

I got up, grabbed another bucket of water, and wiped the windows again.

Feeling a soreness in my back, I looked at her a little tiredly. "Is this alright?"

Hattie came to the glass window. She inspected it seriously and then shook her head again. "Look at this. How can you call this clean? Wipe it again."

I put one hand on my waist and tilted my head to look at her. "This is glass. No matter how many times you wipe it, there’ll be marks. What's your definition of clean?"