Waltzing at Midnight by Robbi McCoy

Author:Robbi McCoy [McCoy, Robbi]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Published: 2011-06-09T15:04:03+00:00

She wasn’t going to fire me, then? I looked up and caught Rosie’s eye. The look of gratitude and relief on my face must have been obvious because she looked briefly confused and then smiled reassuringly at me. I listened, captivated, as they debated over my job duties, and this went on for quite a while with no real consensus reached.

“Well,” said Rosie at last, “perhaps we should revisit this subject later on, after Jean has had an opportunity to get more involved and she can contribute her opinion. Sometimes these things determine themselves, and since this is a new role, a lot will depend on the individual. In my experience, Jean tends to go well beyond expectations anyway.”

Rosie was speaking as though she still thought the world of me, as an employee, anyway. This ability of hers, to compartmentalize her life, still impressed and astonished me.

“Let’s go on to the next topic,” Rosie said. “The delegation from Beijing will be arriving on February fifth and departing on February eighth. There will be four businessmen and their interpreter. We need to draw up a plan for their tour and provide them an escort. Since we’ve been talking about our administrator’s responsibilities, I’d like to propose that we assign these tasks to Jean.”

“Great!” said Gordon. “Jean, you’re going to get all of the dirty work. I love it!”

“I think I’m going to love it, too,” I said, genuinely excited.

The meeting ended at eight thirty and everybody left except Rosie, who would be locking the room and returning the key.

I waited until we were alone to approach her. I handed her my signed employment contract.

“Thanks,” she said. “I guess you didn’t find anything to object to?”“No, not at all.”

“Salary is acceptable?” Her voice and manner were a little cool, I noticed with dismay.

“More than acceptable,” I said. “Very generous. I’ll do my best to earn it.”

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