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What the hell was happening down there?

“So I ondering,” Einstein cut into her ht if I just dove in? I can show you and the teaether at Ms Kay’s request for review and discussion thisfruit, if you will—that I’ve identified to teotiated to eliminate the necessity for a strike and improve our overall performance with the current staff we have in place And then, of course, hoe’ll strengthen functional operations for the long haul”

Maxi stared at him Blinked a few times “Analysis Initiatives Fruit…?”

“Sure” He gave a half-grin this ti mouth and competed with his voice for the ultiet a jump start on the problem, eh?”

She fought a lusty sigh Slowly said, “Agreed”

“Great!” Avril chimed in and made another move for the Mission Statement folders

Maxi’s pulse spiked—for an entirely different reason than sexual tension—and she gave a sharp shake of her head Avril caught on quickly and, with her foot, discreetly shoved the box under the table and out of sight

Phew Good save

Maxi had aluire move

Her recap provided no in-depth analysis, strategic initiatives, blah, blah, blah She hadn’t gotten that far yet

But Einstein had?

He was already reaching into his oversized laptop bag and dragging out his own presentation binders Thick packets that he started passing out as he told the group, “You’ll see from the comparison I’ve done of five shoe companies on par with the size of Staci Kay, as well as three with a slightly smaller eer number of enificantly inferior to the comps I’ve used for the purpose of this assessment”

“That’s because we’re understaffed at theher position of authority at the front of the roo herself out of her dreamy state She allowed other eht on by Tall, Dark, and Brainy

She felt a touch territorial of her division and not exactly thrilled that Einstein was taking over with his two inches of documentation and colorful charts, which she could see froht and hastily flipped through the pages

“Actually, we’re not,” Dr Donovan countered At her perplexed look, he added, “I’ll explain You see—” He turned to Avril, still standing by Maxi’s chair “You must be the division’s assistant”