Sharks With Lipstick by Hinemura Ellison

Author:Hinemura Ellison
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bach Doctor Press
Published: 2023-11-03T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Head of Science calls a meeting

The day progresses on and for most of the building’s inhabitants it is just BAU, and meetings continue in their haphazard fashion, but more and more meetings are being held on the top floors which is a serious earthquake risk and concerns Alex, the Head of Science, greatly.

After the last earthquake, it was established that buildings seven floors or higher had more chance of being affected and it was advised to keep staff on the lower floors for meetings as much as possible.

However, with the police invading the BS’s territory they have no other alternative but to search the upper floors for any meeting space that can be found. The Home and Away café (HAA) has been doing a roaring trade becoming the gossip hub-cum-drop-in centre where other public servants have decided to get in on the action and spend Monday morning people-watching and eavesdropping. In exchange for the cost of a mocha caramel latte or trim soy chai tea, they sit and stare at all the comings and goings of the police, EAP specialists, counsellors and psychologists. Some sit marvelling as the BS public servants tear in and out of the building every five seconds because of a false alarm, a designated rest break or simply to walk around the block to avoid attending another tedious meeting, wondering if they do less work than their other BS colleagues do.

Sven, having to be in multiple places at one time to attend most of her over-scheduled meetings, finds it difficult to keep up with everything that is evolving as the time ticks on by. She has talked with Bernard about this, and he has said (off the record) that “sitting in on most of the meetings will be a waste of time and for you, it will do your head in. But I want you to please take special note of our unfortunately named SHIT department. I think they are talking a lot of their ‘namesake’ so keep a good eye on them, especially that new HOD, Alex, that Cat ‘accidentally’ dragged in and employed without consulting me first.”

With the green light from Bernard, Sven has started covering more ground, gaining a better understanding of what is and is not happening within the BS and auditing how meetings are run.

However, having said that, there are always exceptions to the rule and the Science department is one of them.

She had been asked to attend this very important meeting about the startling test data Simon, Alex and the rest of the team had collected and were presenting. The chime from her calendar phone app reminds her of the upcoming meeting which she had forgotten about in all the mayhem of the day. She doesn’t know if she can be bothered with making her way back to the office and ploughing her way through all those pushy paparazzi, including that idiot Talia, and risk bumping into Charlie. She’s in two minds – she wants to see him but

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