Short Stories in English for Beginners

investment
. And the network
programming is very 
advanced
. We just don’t have the technology.’

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While she listens, Laura finds the project file. Antonio has done a lot of
research. His documents show that. But Antonio is obviously wrong.
According to the data and the documents, the project has a lot of potential
right now. The technology is not that advanced. She looks at the papers
again. Antonio is lying. The project is very profitable.
Why doesn’t Antonio want to do the project? she thinks. It’s a really good
project! Why is he lying? Then she sees something. It’s another file. In it,
there is a letter. It’s written on paper from a 
competitor
!
Laura quickly reads the letter. Antonio has sold the idea to the
competitor. He’s planning to quit his job to work for them! How can he do
that? she thinks. If we don’t get this project, I don’t get my raise!
Laura decides it’s time to do something about Antonio! She takes
Antonio’s letter from the competition and the project file. She leaves both
of them on her manager’s desk. ‘There,’ she says. ‘Ms. Smith will have a
nice surprise in the morning. Antonio, too – hopefully it will be the police!’
Laura leaves the managers to their meeting. It is getting late. She decides
to go home to see her husband. Recently, they have been arguing a lot. In
fact, they had a big argument about work today. It will be interesting to see
her husband when she’s invisible. Maybe she can learn something!
Laura drives home. She enters her house carefully. When she comes in,
she hears her husband crying. What’s wrong? Laura asks herself. Then she
hears him speak.
‘Are you sure, Officer?’ he says sadly.
Her husband Craig is speaking on the phone. He is talking to the police!
Then Laura realizes. She has 
technically
been missing for many hours.
Craig is probably very worried.
Craig puts down the phone. He starts to cry harder. Laura realizes
something else. Craig loves her very much. She looks at him. She can see
he is really suffering. Laura makes a decision right then. Despite their
problems, she wants to sort out their relationship!
Laura wants to reach out and touch her husband. Then she remembers –
she’s invisible. He’ll be afraid. For the first time, Laura starts to consider
her situation. Being invisible is generally fun. It has advantages. However,
she doesn’t want to be this way forever!

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But how can Laura become visible again? She suddenly has an idea. Of
course! The metal ball! she thinks. She needs to touch the object again. It
might make her visible. She has to go back to the park!
Laura gets in her car. She drives through the streets of Edinburgh. It’s
late. There aren’t many cars. Still, Laura drives through quiet areas. An
invisible woman in a visible car would be hard to explain.
At last, Laura arrives at the park. Sophie and Raj are still there. However,
there are several other people, too – including the police! What is going on?
she thinks.