I SHALL NOT DIE BUT LIVE

CHAPTER ONE
A lady just began working in a top company. This is always what she wanted and she had spent over eight years obtaining the necessary degrees to fulfill the requirement. During the first week she observed a group of workers having lunch together and enjoying their break. She walked up to them and introduced herself with hand stretched. To her shock, they busted out laughing and shaking hands with each other. She also observed that this group of male and female staff only cared for each other and no one else. When a memo is passed to the staff, they would pass it to each other and fling the paper at her. As expected the memo would be on the floor and she has to get up to retrieve it. Again, they would laugh. One day she happened to meet one of the female staff from the group in the rest room she took the opportunity and smiled. But the lady just walked away cursing her.
Now she has a problem because she did not know why this group reject her and why another female staff despise her so. She went online to find out how to be acceptable to colleagues at work and she decided that her wardrobe needed overhauling. Dipping into her saving she purchased new and stylish clothes yet no one seem to notice her. As usual, her greetings was always met with laughter or jeering.
This went on for a while until a certain Friday afternoon when she suddenly received an invitation to join the group. She was surprised and very excited. She took note of her attire and thanked her stars that she wore it. She did everything to fit into their conversation but they seem to speak in codes. Nevertheless, she did not bother as far as she is accepted into the fold. After work she was invited to join the group for some drinks and she quickly took the offer. One of the guys showed interest in her admiring her looks but commenting how her lipstick was flushing. She got up to the rest room to fix her looks and returned to her table. She continued drinking and more rounds of alcohol was ordered. She began to feel funny, like swimming in the air. She could not remember from then on. Then she woke up with the worst of headache. she was sleeping in the backseat of her car parked at her place of work. She observed that someone had dressed her up – without her undies. She had an idea what might have happened and began to cry. She did not report it or tell anyone about it.
By the following week, she was the stub of Monday jokes. Then her supervisor called her into his office. He wanted to know what her naked picture was doing all over the internet. It was then she realized the extent of her troubles. She packed her things and went home. When she viewed the pictures and the comments made, she knew what to do. There was only one way out of this shame. She was going to leave a note for her parents and commit suicide. She did not want to think of how her parents will bear the news. She wrote a note asking for forgiveness and proceeded to consuming all the pills in her medicine cabinet. Half way through them, she began to have remorse. She remembered an old tattered poster in her mother's bedroom which read, "I SHALL NOT DIE BUT LIVE."