Seven Days Back by Ruth Hay

Author:Ruth Hay
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ruth Hay
Published: 2015-11-19T16:00:00+00:00

First thing on Thursday morning, Zoe had a conference with Suzanne. Some people might call her assistant a secretary but Zoe knew her real title was P.A. She was an invaluable Personal Assistant who was about to get another assignment to add to the workload she handled every day of the week.

This Carla Carstairs’ assignment was going to be like no other Suzanne had ever been given at Excelsior and Zoe was a little apprehensive.

“She’s about twenty-two, inexperienced, eager, and ready to work hard.”

“She’d better be ready. This schedule is a killer, Miss Morton.”

“I know it. I figure she’ll cope or she’ll quit within the first month. Either way it will be an object lesson for her. She arrives this evening so I want everything to fire up first thing tomorrow morning. I know it’s very short notice, Suzanne, but what have you managed to secure?”

“The appointment with the fashion photographer is set for the afternoon, leaving the morning for dance, voice and movement assessments at The Studio. I had to use your name to get those, Miss Morton. They were not going to cooperate until I reminded them how much free cosmetic product we have contributed to their theatrical productions.”

“That’s excellent news! They will send me a breakdown of her possibilities and we’ll know where to go from there. If she shows promise we can apply for a scholarship to RADA. I have sponsored several such scholarships for their students in the past. The Academy of Dramatic Arts is the best possible training in Britain for stage and screen work but it will depend on her innate talent. They will not accept amateurs when there are so many competing for a place in their program.”

“She’ll be a very lucky girl if she makes it there. It’s early days yet, of course.”

“Indeed. Now what about the mundane details? Things like communication, transport, pocket money and suitable clothes for her lessons and auditions?”

“I have a schedule for tomorrow ready to be downloaded to her phone. I can update it each day as circumstances change. I opened an account with a taxi company for the first week. After that she can use the Underground or buses to get to appointments. Your loft is in the City which helps a lot. If she were coming from the suburbs this would be much more difficult to arrange.

As for clothes and pocket money, I thought it advisable to put this on a business footing. I’ll give her a budget and a credit card with limited spending power and insist on accounts being kept for every single thing.

We’ll soon see how responsible she is.”

“Superb planning, as usual, Suzanne! Give me everything before I leave tonight. My driver is picking Carla up at the train station and she should be waiting for me at the loft by seven o’clock. I have never seen this girl. This experiment should be interesting.”

“I trust you are not overloading yourself, Miss Morton.” There was a hint of worry in her P.A.’s normally efficient businesslike tones.

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