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“You just ” Deanna stated and sounded rather apologetic

Oh, she hadn’t missed him by any means

“That’s ok I’ anyway Can you point me in his direction?”

“Let me call him and have hih here by yourself Wouldn’t want you to get lost”

Sahtened her entire face and Salanced down and noticed a long line of art deco picture fra her work area She picked up one picture of Deanna holding a very sht months old”

“He’s precious Howfor more, but we don’t know if it’s the best tiarten this year, and it has been a positive learning experience for me and Tommy”

Wow, three kids? “Youhow happy Deanna looked in each of the, she noticed a heavy sethairline – the epito in her direction This man looked tired She only hoped it wasn’t related to the job

“Sa, Jeff How are you?” Surprised with his brief nod, in lieu of an actual response, Sam waited for him to continue

“Follow me” Jeff turned abruptly and walked back toward the way he had co for her approval, her eyebrow rising in question, as if to say “Is this guy for real?” Deanna returned her look with a frown and a shrug of her shoulders

This ly pleasant, and Saain, hoping it wasn’t the job

“I’m to show you what I do so you can take over” Jeff stated rather flatly as he sat down at his desk, which was cluttered with papers and old coffee cups

Sam stared back at hiht about her boss, Ja so defeated or treating soht it was possible to deflate her exciteuy ell on his way to an McCoy, thanks but no thanks

Relying on her basic professionalism and her inability to beat around the bush, Saet to the bottom of his apparent hostility than to confront it head on Her philosophy had always been to get right to the heart of the ive me some of the details of your responsibilities I’h Aave you that idea?” He asked without an ounce of e behind his desk “I have all of the information on the projects for the last year in here” He pointed toward the open file drawer that was in desperate need of soanization “All of my soft copies are stored on a shared drive, and I’ll et access to them What else do you need to know?”

Ummm what?

“Are you serious?” Wow – uncontrollable mouth!

The words came out before she could stop them She prided herself on her professionalis her to her lis to inhale deeply as she sat her bag on a nearby chair, cluttered with paper Taking in a deep, cleansing breath, she turned and faced Jeff

“I apologize, Jeff That was highly inappropriate of me I think we should just start over Maybe we should talk for a few minutes?” She walked slowly to an adjacent chair, and after an tells me you’ve been with the coet your take on the organization, the people, as well as the projects Based on the inforards to project ement and others look to you for your expertise”

Ok, so she was laying it on a bit thick, but obviously thisto boost his attitude Saht she could al the corner of his thin lips

“I apologize for my attitude, Ms Kielty I don’t mean to be like this It’s just that I… I don’t want to leave the co to help fix our estion She complains that I work too much, and she feels I put my career before her I don’t think I do, but apparently, according to our therapist, that’s his conclusion”