Monologue The Giver

“Hmm”, I was looking at myself in the mirror, “this can do”. For my first workday I was contemplating what to wear and after debating between three outfits I have finally decided for one. It was important for me to make a good first impression and now I wore a white blouse with a black knee length tube skirt, a blazer, and black pumps. I tied my hair into a neat high ponytail and wore some makeup. “You can do this”, I gave myself a once over in the mirror, nodded in satisfaction, turned around and head to the kitchen for some coffee before starting the day.
There I found a note next to a croissant and a large cup of coffee. I read the note which brought a smile to my face, "Good luck, baby. I love you!" It was from Jonas, my fiancé. We have been together for more than 3 years. I remembered the day of the proposal. We were at our favorite restaurant and after the waitress brought us the dessert, Jonas grabbed my hands and started talking softly. Then he knelt down and asked me to marry him. It was such an overwhelming moment. I was over the moon. Jonas was my everything and I couldn’t imagine a life without him. So without any hesitation I accepted his proposal.
When I knew where I would work, I had checked out the building as well as all the subway stations I had to take and found out that it was around ten minutes from where I lived.
At the moment I stopped in front of a modern office building with two glasses spinning doors, my hands were shaking slightly from nerves. Taking a deep breath, “Calm down, Lily.” and walked in through the glass doors. Once I made it to the front desk, the receptionist looked up at me, “Good Morning, I’m Liliane Michels, the assistant of Mr. Steffens. I’m looking for Mrs. Müller.”
“Hello, Miss Michels. Please, hold on a minute.” he said and calling someone on the phone, “Mrs. Müller is on her