After lunch, the next day, Chloe headed to her room to change for her first day of work. She put on a white shirt and khaki pants along with black slip-ons. She even brushed her hair, used some mousse, and put on makeup. Then she went to find the turtles.

"I'm heading to work now," Chloe told the turtles when she found them in the dining room eating black bean taco pizza.

"I'll drive you," Donny offered, getting up from his chair.

"Sure, if it's not a problem."

"It's not so don't worry about it."

"I'll go get my purse."

"I'll meet you outside."

Chloe nodded and left the room, got her purse from the living room, and left the house. She met Donny outside and then the two of them headed for the Battle Shell.

Mr. Stapleman was showing Chloe around the store. Eventually they reached the computer area where a man with short black hair and wire-rimmed glasses was working on a computer.

"Eugene, I want you to meet our newest employee Chloe Calls who will be working with you," Mr. Stapleman said. "Chloe, this is the computer department supervisor Eugene Broccolicot."

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Broccolicot," Chloe said.

"Call me Eugene," Eugene said sincerely.

"I'll be around if you need anything that Eugene isn't able to help you with," Mr. Stapleman said.

"Ok," Chloe said and then Mr. Stapleman walked away.

Eugene showed Chloe around the computer section and introduced her to some of the other employees. He even handed her a lock, showed her how to work the combination, and assigned a locker to her which she put her purse in.

"All right, Chloe, I have a job for you," Eugene said.

"What's that?" Chloe asked.

"I have some papers that I need you to type into the computer and then file in our filing cabinet," Eugene said.

"Not a problem," Chloe said and then got started on her work.

A few minutes later, Eugene was in the back outside smoking a cigarette. He couldn't believe that Mr. Stapleman had the nerve to hire a young woman to work in his department.

He couldn't deny the fact that Chloe was a sweet girl and also attractive with her shoulder length chestnut hair and purple eyes. He believed that computer work was a man's job.

So far, he managed to chase all of the female employees from his department. All of them had either quit or requested to be transferred to another department.

A few minutes later, Eugene finished his cigarette. Then he headed back inside.

Back in the computer department, Chloe had finished her task. She spotted Eugene and walked over to him.

"I finished what you had me do," Chloe said. "If it's not a problem, I'm interesting in computer programming."

"Don't be ridiculous," Eugene said. "That's a man's job."

"What else can I do?"

"You can go clean the monitors on the computers."

Chloe nodded and walked away taking deep breaths. She couldn't believe that Eugene wouldn't let her do computer programming just because she was a young woman.

A few minutes later, Chloe was working on cleaning the computer monitors. When she was done, Eugene told her to take her break.

Chloe got her purse out of her locker. She bought a water at the checkout and drank the bottle in the break room.

After break time was over, Eugene gave Chloe more filing duties. Chloe told Eugene that she knew her way around computers and Eugene insisted that working on computers was a man's job.

Chloe clocked out when her shift ended, got her purse, and met Donny out back in the Battle Shell. She got in without saying anything.

"You all right, Chloe?" Donny asked with concern.

"I'm not ready to talk about it yet but I'll let you know when I am," Chloe replied.

Donny nodded in understanding. Then he started the engine and he and Chloe took off.

Later on, Donny was working in the lab. Just then, Chloe appeared in the doorway looking upset.

"Ready to talk?" Donny asked.

"You know how we work on computers together?" Chloe asked.

"What do you mean?"

"You trust me, right?"

"I totally trust you."

"My supervisor, Eugene, wouldn't let me do any computer work."

"Did you ask him if you could?"

"Yes, and he said that it was a man's job and had me do secretarial and cleaning duties."

"Did you talk to Mr. Stapleman?"

"I plan to do that tomorrow and I also plan to quit."

"Chloe, do you really want to quit your job?"

"No, but I can't work with someone who won't let me do stuff just because I'm a young woman."

Donny held out his arms and Chloe fell into them and broke down completely. Donny gently rubbed her back and rocked her back and forth.

Several minutes later, they released each other. Then Chloe pulled herself together.

"Whatever you decide, I'll support you," Donny said.

"I really appreciate that," Chloe said.

"I won't say anything about what we just talked about."

"At least for now."

"Did you want to help me out for a bit?"

"I'd like that but I should get to bed."

"Night."

"Night."

Chloe and Donny wrapped their arms around each other and pulled away a few minutes later. Then Chloe left the lab and Donny got back to work.

Eventually, Donny decided to go to bed since he couldn't get his mind off the conversation he just had with Chloe. He couldn't believe that her supervisor had the nerve to discriminate against her because she was a young woman.

Donny got into bed and felt a lump forming in his throat. He took several deep breaths and eventually fell asleep.

To be continued…