Uncommon Emotions by Lynn Galli

Author:Lynn Galli
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Publisher: Penikila Press, LLC
Published: 2010-03-18T05:00:00+00:00

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Malicious little bastard! I should have expected Robert to react this way. So, why did I find this news surprising? As soon as I set down the phone in my home office, I picked it back up and dialed again. I couldn’t let Robert get away with such a stupid move.

Although Raven’s tone had been exasperated when she told me, she sounded more resigned than upset that her cousin was such an idiot. I would have wanted to kick him from the sales department down to HR to make him reverse his decision. Instead, she’d been told as soon as she found 166 / Lynn Galli

out, which was a week after the fact. By then, nothing could be done. Well, I was going to rectify that.

“Thanks for calling, Jos.” Zina greeted me an hour later in the café where we’d agreed to meet. “I could use the distraction.”

“Hi, Zina, I’m glad you could make it on short notice.”

“I’ve got nothing better to do with my time right now.”

Zina referred to the fact that she no longer had a job, thanks to Robert’s insecurity.

“I believe I owed you a lunch anyway, right?” On cue, the waiter approached, and we placed our orders.

“So, what’s new with you?” Her blasé attitude over losing her job for no apparent reason made me chuckle.

“I’m sorry about your job.”

“Oh, I know it’s not your fault, Jos. Is that why you asked me here? You thought I got laid off because of your recommended cut in workforce?” She grasped my forearm, concerned for my visible guilt.

“No, I know why you got fired. It wasn’t because of my consultation, but it was because of me.” Or because Robert was the most insecure ass alive.

“That’s not true. Those layoffs stopped weeks ago.”

I steeled myself to tell her the truth. “Yeah, but you were fired because I told Archie that you could do Robert’s job better than he could.”

Zina’s eyes bugged out as she rocked back in her chair.

“You said what, woman?”

“I recommended to Archie that he demote Robert to senior sales rep and give you the CSO position. Of course, he thought I was joking.”

Her head shook as she worked her way through my news. She’d braided her hair sometime since I last saw her.

The tight weaving patterns rounded precisely over her skull and left more of her face to see. “When did you tell him?”

“After the presentation to the sales department.”

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“If you’re so sure that’s what got me fired, why’d it take so long?”

“Because, idiot that I am, I told Robert the same thing when I saw him Friday before last. He definitely took me seriously. I’m sorry, I should have known he’d retaliate against you.”

Zina’s head shake turned into a sinister smile. “I wish I could have been there to hear you tell that jerk that his AA could take his job.”

“That’s what you’ve got to say?” I huffed in disbelief, barely noticing the waiter drop our lunches off at the table.

“I

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