Chapter 2

“How’d it go in there?” Stacy asks kindly, looking up from her keyboard.

I just shake my head. “I can’t believe it. He just talked me into taking a new job I don’t want. How did that happen?”

“He can be very persuasive,” she says. “For what it’s worth, he’s one-of-a-kind. I’ve worked for him for nearly ten years, and I’ll follow him anywhere. Anything I can help with to make your job easier?”

Thinking for a moment, I ask, “There’s an urgent payroll issue that needs to be fixed. Dick Landry is on floor three, right?”

“Here you go,” she says, before I’ve finished asking my question, handing me a Post-it note with all of Dick’s contact information. Office location, phone numbers, and everything.

Grateful, I smile ...

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