“Okey, everything seems to be fine… send.” Says
the man as he double checks the attached files on his email and then sends all
the previously requested information to his boss. It´s late already, but he
can´t leave until everything´s send. Even if it´s way passed his regular hours.
“Ok so… as soon as I receive the receipt
confirmation, we´re done for the week… and I´m looking forward to this
weekend.” He said with a singing tone as he pulls out his phone and unlocks it
to check the profile of the “fortunate” woman who´ll date him tomorrow night.
But before he does, someone steps knock´s at his office door.
*knock* *knock*
“What? I don´t have any appointments… shit I
just hope this is not Lexie with some other stupid question of hers… come in.”
he says as he puts his phone away. Sort of pissed.
The door slowly opens to reveal a woman, but
unlike any others, she´s got a certain glow on her. Her hairs are golden and
her eyes are of a deep blue. Her lips are thick and red. She´s so pretty that
our guy here sits straight and accommodates his tie while she says: “Evening…”
“Oh, hi, evening to you too…” he says.
“My name´s Evangeline, and I´ve been looking
for you, Lawrence.” She says with a serene look on her face.
“Well, I´m right here, and you can call me
Larry” He chuckles. “What can I do for you… Evangeline.” he says pronouncing
her name gracefully, trying to let her know she´s got his attention.
“Oh, what a gentleman, I actually have a
request for you.” She declares.
“Ok… and it is…?” he says, now starting to feel
quite odd.
“It´s really simple.” She says as she walks in
and approaches to his large wooden desk.
She´s so graceful as she walks. And she´s
wearing a long elegant white dress. A bright one. She said nothing as she
walked closer, meanwhile, he tried to guess who she was. For sure, she was not
one of the women who worked at his department. He couldn´t even recall seeing
her before at the building.
Whoever she was, he had never seen her before.
But one thing was for sure, she was pretty, radiant even. He scanned her with
his eyes as he realized she was about 5´7” wearing no heels. Her boobs were
also quite nice. Maybe a pair of double d´s held on her enwrapping dress. And
her butt, well, he slipped to the side aiming to spot it, but he could see
nothing.
She stopped right in front of her desk and,
after a moment of silence, she continued.
“My request is for you to change…” she said.
“Heh, change?” he asked, looking straight at her
blue eyes.
“Yes dear, change, I guarantee you already know
what I mean.” She declared, trying to see if he was getting it.
Larry narrowed his eyes, trying to actually
guess what she meant, but he had no clue. “I´m… I´m not getting it, change?
Like… my clothes?” he laughed, turning a bit at her boobs.
“No dear, not your clothes. I mean for you to
change yourself, the way you act, the way you think. Listen, I´ve been watching
you and, I´m sorry to tell you but, you have many many flaws. And that´s not
good.” She spoke.
“Ok ok, flaw… I mean, I have flaws, for sure,
but listen, who doesn´t? And what´s more, who sent you? Is this some sort of
prank… Oh I know, it was John, the guy from upstairs, that jerk… did he hire
you or…?” he said with a smile, but she was not laughing.
“No Larry, John didn’t send me, and I´m not
getting paid either. I´m here just to fulfill my divine duties.” She stretched
her arms to the sides and turned her head up as she finished.
“You´re kidding right, divine… fuck, why are
pretty chicks like you always crazy? I´m gonna call security…” he said as he
was about to use his desk´s phone to call, but suddenly, he couldn´t more.
“What the…” he said as he felt some sort of
force retaining him. Stopping him from moving. He turned at her, but she was
too far to get a hold of him.
"Confused?" she said, "let me
explain you, but make sure to listen to what I´ll tell you, cause I´ll only say
it once.”
Larry stood there, immobile, he had no other
choice but to listen, maybe that´ll explain why he can´t suddenly move.
“As I said, my name´s Evangeline, and I´m an
angel.” She said, but he broke into laughter as she spoke.
“Come on, an angel? Seriously, I don´t know how
you´re doing this, but whatever they´re paying you I…” and she cut him off.
“QUIET! Listen, I came her and decided to give
you a chance, ask you politely, but you seem very arrogant, and unwilling to
listen. So this is what´s going to happen.” She explained while he decided to
shut for a moment and listen. Mad, but he´ll listen.
“My job here is to make sure that you humans
live in harmony. Or, as you´ll say, be polite, helpful, overall, a good person.
BUT YOU… you´ve been so arrogant, so misogynous, so… bad. I decided it´s time
for you to learn a lesson, Lawrence.”
He frowned, “Oh, come on! What? Should I help
old ladies crossing the street? Or do you want me to start a fundraising? If
you want money, I´ve told you I…”
“Shut it… listen, you are making me mad, this
will be the last time I ask you to shut it, or… I´m going to start with the
punishment right now, is it clear?” she declared.
“Sure thing boss, please… continue” he said in
a sarcastic way.
She closed her eyes, trying to calm herself and
then started once again.
“Now, I´m going to be your guardian angel for
as long as it takes for you to learn your lesson. But when I say guardian, I
don´t mean that I´ll be here to make sure you´re safe or things like that. My
duty as your angel will be to witness your progress, make sure you´re actually
learning. If not, well, I´m going to have to penalize you.” She spoke.
“Penalize me? Like, how exactly are you going
to do that? And how are you holding me like this?” he asked, feeling desperate
to move.
“Well, that´s part of the things I can do. And,
to answer your first question, the way I´m going to penalize you is actually
very simple, ironical if you please. Whenever you fail in any of the duties
that I give you, I will take some of your height.”
“I don´t get it.” He spoke.
“So that everyone can see how least of a man
you are, I´ll shrink you. I´ll take away as much as I think you deserve. And if
you don´t learn anything, I´m sorry but, you´ll be diminishing away. Is that
clear enough?” she said as she snapped her fingers and allowed him to move.
“Oh, that´s better.” He said now moving his
fingers, “but, shrink? ME? I´m sorry but that doesn´t sound good, now if you
excuse me,” and he stood up and passed her by as he grabbed his briefcase. “It
is time for me to leave.”
He didn´t care what she did, or even how she
was able to stop him for so long, he just walked away and decided to forget
about the whole thing, but when he opened the door, there she was, waiting for
him outside his office.
“What the… how?” and he turned to where she
used to be and saw no one there. The room was empty.
“I told you, I´m an angel, and being omnipresent
is part of what I can do. You won´t get rid of me that easy honey, I´ve set my
eye on you, and you´ll do as I say, or else…”
“Yeah yeah, the ehm, punishment. Listen, I´m
tired, and I have a date tomorrow, can´t we do this on… Monday, maybe?” he was
trying to negotiate with her, still, not realizing the magnitude of the whole
thing.
“I can´t believe how least you care for this.
If that´s not prof enough, then, I´m gonna have to show you the consequences.”
And once again, she snapped her fingers.
Larry still believed this was some sort of
magic trick or something. Even what she did to “paralyze” him could be
explained as some sort of hypnotism. He let out an incredulous smile, but then,
he felt something odd.
“Ughh…” suddenly, he felt a small headache, his
body felt as if it was tensing. Everything turned blurry for a second, and
then… nothing.
“Uhmm… what was that?” he asked her.
“That, was the first of many if you don´t stop
to listen to what other people tell you. I´ve shrunk you.” She spoke.
“You? Shrank me? Haha, I don´t see any
difference.” He said looking around, everything seemed the same.
“Oh, I was kind this time, it was only an inch,
something imperceptible, but if you don´t listen to me, the next time, you´ll
lose TWO inches.” She menaced.
“Fine fine, I´ll listen, but you´ll agree that
I had a long day. Now I need some rest. Maybe we can talk again later, ok?” he
said as he stepped back.
“I can grant you that. I´ll meet you at your
place tomorrow morning, then we´ll discuss more about it.”
“Sure, sounds great… se ya´” and he walked
away.
Larry went to the parking lot downstairs thru
the elevator. Once inside his car, he sat for a while to mentalized what had
happened.
“How did she… who is she?” he wondered as he
tried to find a logical explanation to what happened to him when she said
she´ll begin with the punishment.
“Pfff, I´m getting too paranoic, that must´ve
been just some tiredness for being too much time in front of the computer.
That´s right, just my eyes getting used to a different light… I guess.” He said
trying to convince himself things were alright. But they were not.
Larry drove all the way back to his apartment
at these late-night hours. He was a single man. Standing at 6´1” and with an
athletic body, he thought he´ll have every woman he wanted kissing his feet. It
didn´t help that he was the supervisor, at least of his floor.
The building where he worked had seven stories,
not counting the top floor, the basement or the ground floor. In each of them,
there was a supervisor who received orders from the main boss. That´s right,
together with other seven people, he was the “second in command”. Of course, he
never counted the rest and chose to believe he was his boss´s second hand.
What he did was receive straight orders from
upstairs and give deadlines to his “crew” to have the work done. Then he had to
revise all of the paperwork. Make sure everything was what they requested him,
and send the information. Of course, he had to make sure new employees received
their respective trainings, and there were times when he had to stay until late
hours to have work done.
Still, he felt like the big boss himself. That
woman wasn´t lying when she said he was arrogant. Nowadays, he thought his time
was more valuable than others time. That, in a way, he was superior. He made
good money, but he wasn´t rich. And not that good looking either.
He felt like the big man, and treated everyone
as he pleased. Not respecting anyone but his boss. Not even the other supervisors.
He felt like a king, and everyone else where just pawns on his game. He wanted
to triumph, get higher, be the boss… someday.
Now, he parked his car at his apartment. It was
actually a full house. In some fancy but not too fancy neighborhood. Some
people owned their house, but he was just renting it. He felt as if he deserved
a nice penthouse in some rich people´s neighborhood.
He walked in, going straight to the kitchen. He
poured himself some whiskey on a glass and drank it all down.
“Aahhhh, nothing like a nice glass of whiskey
after a long week of work.” He spoke as he placed the glass upside down over
the counter. Then, he head straight into his room. But there was something
bothering him.
He showered and change into some pajamas, but
there was something he couldn´t get out of his head.
“Who the fuck was that woman?”
He couldn´t get the image of Evangeline out of
his head. And what´s more, the fact that she called herself an “Angel” bothered
him. Was she crazy? Was it some sort of twisted prank? Maybe some of the other
managers wanted to mess with him.
“Those fuckers, I bet they´re jealous. I got
the bono last trimester and they just couldn´t get over it, that´s right,
they´re just trying to annoy me, mess with me…” he thought, but that wasn´t it.
They disliked him, that´s for sure, but not
because they were jealous. Larry thought he was above them. He always made sure
to point that out, in a sarcastic or constructive way. For some reason, he
thought he was the boss´s favorite, and that his floor was the best one on the
building.
Maybe they were, but if that was the case, it
wasn´t because of him. He was lazy. At first, he gave all of him to ensure a
productive environment. But since a couple years back, he became dull. He still
wanted to become the main boss, but his reasons where not as pure as they once
were.
Now, as he laid his head on his pillow, he
remembered those woman´s words. “I´ve shrunk you…” and she said it was only an
inch. He pondered if it was a good idea to get up and measure himself. He was
6´1” on his bare feet, it wouldn´t take long to make sure about it.
But he just let out a soft laugh and closed his
eyes. He thought he was being too paranoic and giving that woman too much
attention.
“Let´s see how she get´s here… I never gave her
my address… and no one at the office can give it to her… I think that´s against
our policies… whatever, I should focus on my date tomorrow with Tina… nice big
boobed Tina…” he said as he pictured her round breasts on his mind.
He thought about her and on ways to get laid
with her and then felt into a deep sleep.
“helloooooOOOO! Wakey WAKEY sleepyhead.” Said a
woman´s voice. But, why was there a woman in his room?
He woke up and sat straight as he turned
towards her. It was Evangeline, the so-called Angel.
“What the… who…? How? What the fuck, how did
you get into my house? My room?” he said, not fully awake.
“You said we´ll talk tomorrow morning… and
that´s today.” She declared. She was wearing a white jumpsuit with short puffed
sleeves. And her hair, long, thick and shiny, just like yesterday´s.
“I… how did you get in?” he asked, “And what
time is it?” he felt strangely tired. He turned just to realize it was 6 am,
sharp. “Holy sh… you trespassed into my property and woke me up at SIX! Oh no,
no no no.” he was pissed.
“I told you, I´m an Angel, I can go anywhere I
want to, and YOU said we could talk about this today in the morning.” She
declared.
“There you go with the “Angel” thing again,
listen, even if I wanted to see you… I didn´t mean you were supposed to come at
my house with the first beam of sun light, are you stupid?” he spoke.
“There you go again, insulting people, I think
we should start working on that.” She said.
“Oh no, no, what WE should do is this, I will
call the police and you can go with them on the back of their car, with
handcuffs. Now, where´s my phone.” He said as he searched for it.
“You still don´t believe me, do you?” she said
crossing her arms beneath her breasts.
“Nope, anyone can force a lock, my main
question is WHO gave you my address and… shit, where´s the stupid phone…” he
added.
“Ughhh, did you even measure yourself last
night? I was going to make sure on that, but I decided to give you some alone
time, you know, to reflect…” she genuinely thought that small “intervention”
will be a good start, but he just proved her wrong.
“Yeah sure, measure myself, what? Did you mess
with the measuring tape too?” he stood up and headed to where she was. “Well, this
is your lucky day, cause I can´t find my phone. Even if you´re crazy I´ll give
you a chance, step out of my house and never come back, ok?” he said putting
both hands over her shoulders and aiming to kick her out in a “nice” way.
“I´m afraid I can´t do that.” She said, not
even moving an inch, he pushed harder and harder, used all of his strength, but
she wasn´t moving. “There´s things we need to do, like I tried to explain on my
first visit, YOU need to change.” She declared, immobile.
“Sure, “change”” he said as he wondered why
wasn´t she moving? She didn´t seem heavier than 130 pounds. He worked out, he
was a fairly tall man, and he weighed around 220, why wasn’t she moving?
“Quit trying Lawrence, I won´t move.” She
spoke.
He gave one last try before he stopped, “Fuck,
I don´t know what you´re doing, but whatever it is, I don´t care, just go away
before I call the…” and then, she cut him off, more like, no words came out of
his mouth, and even if he ignored the reason why, it was her doing it.
“Now you´ll listen. I didn´t want to do this in
that way, but you, oh, you´re very stubborn. Even if you want me to leave, I
won´t.” Then, he involuntarily sat on the edge of his bed and looked straight
to her as she explained.
“Like I said before, I´m an Angel. Which means
I´m a divine creature with certain powers. One of them is keeping you still,
that´s the only way you´ll listen.” He really couldn´t move.
“So, this is my mission. For years, I´ve
watched you, Lawrence, I´ve seen how you turned from a nice man into a bitter,
corrupted and, even if it hurts me to say it, a disgusting man.” He was
starting to get worried.
“This is what´s going to happen, I will make
sure to, let´s say… train you. Educate you to become a better man. A gentleman
even. There will be tests you´ll have to pass if you want to prove to me you´re
changing. And if you fail, in any of them, there´ll be consequences.” She said,
really meaning the last part.
“I know you didn´t measure yourself last night,
but you, mister, you´re already an inch shorter than you ever were. Which means
that, as soon as you get up to check, you´ll be six foot even.”
Larry couldn´t believe it, how was she doing
this? He was still and listening. Whatever she was doing, there must be a
logical explanation. Maybe she drugged him while he was still sleeping. But the
truth is, that “Angel” thing, was starting to feel real.
She allowed him to speak, and move. He got up,
and the first thing he said was:
“Fuck you, fuck this, I… I don´t believe
anything you say.” He declared.
“Oh my… before we move on, and trust me, you´re
taking too long to understand, why don´t you measure yourself? Go ahead, prove
me wrong.” She was annoyed, but she still contained herself.
“Fine.” He spoke, about to prove he wrong. Deep
inside, he was afraid she´ll froze him again, so he searched for his phone as
looked for the measuring tape.
He grabbed it, double check it to make sure
there was nothing strange on it. He pulled it and stood with his back at the
wall.
“Let me help you.” She declared as she grabbed
the tape for him.
She was starting to piss him off, but he
allowed her, and also accepted the pencil she hand him. Made a mark and stepped
away from the wall.
He took the tape off his hands and pulled it
out, but he didn´t like what he saw. Six foot even, just like she said. He
couldn´t believe it, so he made another mark, and another, then another. Every
time he got the same result. Six feet in height.
“Fuck, how is that…?” he said as he turned to
her, “How can you…?”
“I already told you, I´m an Angel. Listen, my
mission is to make sure all people live in harmony in this world, and for that,
we have to make sure humans act in a pure way.” She said.
“Pure… wh… but why me? I mean, there´s people
who have done terrible things, and me… I just, I just don´t get it.” He was
puzzled.
“Listen, you were a good man, but you´re…
corrupted, my mission is to turn you back to the man you once were… else, well…”
she pointed at the marks on the wall.
He turned at them and then back at her,
“Listen, I-I haven´t broke any laws, I´m a good citizen, I…”
“It´s not the laws honey,” and she approached,
“It´s your moral that´s wrong, and the way you treat people, especially women,
that has to change. Believe me, I´ll do my best to help you, but you won´t
comply unless there are consequences. I´m not a bad Angel, but you need to be a
good man too, what do you think?” she asked.
“I think… this is stupid.” He spoke, choosing
to deny everything she just said and trying to think on a way to get out of
this. Larry still couldn´t believe she was an angel. But she was going to prove
it, again.
“There you go again, that´s it… *snap*” Just
like that, she snapped her fingers again.
Once more, he felt dizzy for a second, his head
hurt and then, nothing.
“I´ll prove you this is real, look at the tape,
it´s still in your hands. Now, measure yourself again.” She declared.
He stood in front of the wall and drew a new
line. He stretched the tape and his jaw dropped when he saw it. Now, the
measure was not standing at six foot even, but at five-foot eleven.
“No… no no no no no… you´re
fucking kidding me.” He said
as he turned at her.
“There you go, another inch. Trust me, I´ve
been good, I told you it´ll be two the next time. But take this as my way to…”
“Why are… how are you doing this?” he said,
desperate. This woman held a certain power over him. It was not something on
his mind, no trick, he truly lost two inches. His question was, what´s going to
happen next?