Anna Bright Is Hiding Something by Susie Orman Schnall

Author:Susie Orman Schnall
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: SparkPress

Chapter Twenty-Four

JAMIE

MONDAY, APRIL 17

NEW YORK CITY

Jamie ordered a large latte from the café near her office building and decided to make it two. “And throw in a couple of chocolate croissants, please.”

Veronica looked up from her computer when Jamie approached her open office door.

“I brought you treats.” Jamie placed the coffee and croissant on Veronica’s desk.

“This is a nice surprise,” Veronica said. “Thank you.”

“Do you have a second?” Jamie asked.

“I do. Have a seat. There are a couple of things I wanted to talk to you about.” Veronica took the lid off the latte and blew on it to cool it down. “I was really impressed with how you handled the news of Harrison’s promotion on Friday. I know that couldn’t have been easy.” She looked at Jamie sympathetically.

“Yeah, not the best day. And I still think you made the wrong decision,” Jamie said. “It’s going to sting for a while.”

Jamie had found herself wondering over the weekend whether now would be the right time to get her résumé together and apply to the Times or the Washington Post. The thing was, despite how much she felt impelled, perhaps compelled, to switch over to a legacy publication, she really loved working at BusinessBerry. If only she could get her father’s voice out of her ears.

“I’m sure it will,” Veronica said.

“I hope you felt like I fought hard enough for it.”

“I’ve always respected your passion, Jamie. You’ve never been one to take no for an answer. But you also know when the fight is over, when to pack it in, go home, and prepare for the next fight.”

“I’m preparing.”

“I’m sure you are,” Veronica said, smiling. “And the big news is that I got an email from Anna’s assistant Ian this morning, at the crack of dawn California time, saying that she’ll do the conference Friday!”

“Oh, amazing!” Jamie said. “That’s a huge relief.”

“I’d put out feelers to some big names this weekend, but I hadn’t gotten any commitments, so this is absolutely a relief.”

“I heard we’re up to over five hundred attendees.”

“Yep, five hundred and forty-eight as of eight o’clock this morning,” Veronica said, nodding with a huge smile on her face. “Now what did you want to discuss?”

“I have an idea for a story I wanted to pitch you.”

“You know you really should be pitching to Harrison. He’s in charge of the vertical now.”

Jamie sighed loudly, deflated, and sat back in her chair. She didn’t mean to come off petulant, she just felt frustrated, and unfortunately the reactions were the same.

“Fine, but this is the last time,” Veronica said. “What’s the story?”

“It’s about Anna.”

“What about her?”

Jamie straightened her posture, sat a bit forward in her chair. Her voice was steady, confident. “I have sources at BrightLife who have made allegations that BrightSpot isn’t anywhere near being ready to go to market. In light of the recent news about their IPO—”

“Do you have their statements on the record?” Veronica asked, her tone skeptical.

“No, but I haven’t formally interviewed them yet.”

“Absolutely not, Jamie.”

“Veronica, please.

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