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Justat her, Suzy asked, “Was there so you needed Ella?”
“Yes, I have a letter for you fro her voice to almost a whisper, Ella handed her an envelope and said, “I don’t think you’re going to like this at all”
Never one for patience Suzy ripped the envelope open with Ella practically hanging over her shoulder and read the short paragraph inside Feeling s Ella’s eyes widen in alarm Suzy quickly made a substitution, “truck!” Truck, really? Where was the satisfaction in that particular word? Even Ella looked confused fully expecting the mother of all curse words
“Ms Denton, what is it? I saw Brittany take all her stuff with her, even her stapler” Ella’s face reflected horror as if she’d just admitted that Brittany had stopped in the lobby and s”
“Ella, it’s nothing to concern yourself with I’ll handle it” Seeing Ella forathered herself and walked towards her corner office at the end of the hallway Sla the door behind her, Suzy let the curse words flow Brittany left her letter of resignation She was going to elope with her boyfriend and would not be co She should have known better than to hire soum constantly and said, ‘like you know’ at least fifty times a day
Under nor Brittany wouldn’t be a hardship; she’d been fed up with her for so involved with her boyfriend who played in a band, she’d gottenand had been calling in sick at least once a month
The proble sucked They were in the ala for their customers Danvers threw the formal event annually, and Suzy spent at least twoNoith only a ala, her assistant decides to quit without notice Finding soue instructions and wasn’t offended by her artistic tee Add in the fact that she needed theot close to impossible
Taking a deep breath, Suzy called the personnel departht away Yeah that’s about as likely to happen as Ella getting laid, but hell stranger things have happened “Personnel, this is Ruth”
“Hey Ruth, it’s Suzy in Events My assistant has decided to fly the coop today, and I needed someone like yesterday to replace her What can you do for me?”
“Hi Suzy, I’m sorry to hear about that Let ainst her desk impatiently, Suzy waited to see what Ruth would find “Oh, you’re in luck We have someone who has already applied for the position, and it looks like she’s qualified”
“Wait, how could someone have already applied for the job? I just found out o”
“This young lady does work in your section soYou’re familiar with Ella Webber aren’t you?”
“Oh hell, I um mean heck no! No way That wouldn’t work, and I can’t believe she’d even apply We would never get anything done, she’d spend her entire day crossing herself and reading me scripture”
Suzy heard Ruth’s chuckle before she ed to cover it “I’ht now With the expansion the er created, we are still short staffed If you don’t feel that Ella would est you use her teency send over some others to interview”
“See what you can put together and I’ll get back to you,” Suzy said Slaust, she laid her head on her desk Just as she was considering throwing herself fro Suzy answered the call with a warm “Yeah, what now?”
“Wow, please stop, all of this senti er sister by two years and was, up until recently, an elementary school teacher Thanks to the constant cuts in the education budget, Beth had been laid off a o Other than Claire, Beth was the only other person who truly seeet her, and Suzy loved her dearly
“Ha ha, very funny It’s been a rough day My ditzy assistant decided to walk out without any notice while I was at lunch, and now I’ala is aher other than the Holy Roller receptionist, and that will never happen”
“Ah, I’ I can do to help?” Suddenly, it was as if a light bulb flashed in her head
“Hey, there justturned up on the job hunt yet?”
“Ugh, no, nothing”
“Hoould you feel about being ala is over? I know you’re a teacher and that’s what you love, but you’d be saving my life if you could help me just for a while”
“Wow, I don’t know anything about what you’re doing, so I ht hinder you more than I’d help you”