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A Choice is Made Chapter 8
Bette: I’m not sure how this weekend could have been any better for me. We took her to Coney Island yesterday, first ride, first cotton candy it was amazing.
Mandy: That’s wonderful, let me know whatelse I can do for you and I won’t speak on this until you tell me I can. I hope things continue to get better between and your, well Tina.
Bette: Her being here with Angelica speaks volumes. There isn’t a greater gift you can give a parent than to reunite them with their child.
Mandy: Well, I better get to the report and you better get to that stack of messages.
Both ladies work steadily until about 11am when as promised Mandy returns with the summary report. It contained a lot of information, but Bette’s format was condensed to a singe double sided sheet, perfect amount of information for a board member. Bette made some minor edits and then was armed with both the paper copies as well as an electronic copy in her Blackberry. Bette’s effort to return messages had created a new list of follow ups and tasks for Mandy, but most of those could wait until tomorrow. Bette liked getting those personal thank you notes out to the patrons as soon as possible so she wanted those ready to sign and send out in the morning. Now her day shifts to lunch with Jim Franks.
Jim: Bette, thanks for joining me. Friday night was amazing, what a fantastic exhibit. The board members were very pleased with the event, the exhibit and we are basking in the positive press and record attendance for Saturday and Sunday.
Bette: Well, these things are a total team effort and Mandy and the rest of the staff all did an amazing job as well.
Jim: You know, you really have invigorated the staff, it seems that everyone has just a bit more energy and pep in their step since you’ve come along.
The duo orders lunch, both choosing water for their beverage.
Bette: Well, I think we can do more events and exhibits like that, you’ve seen our business plan right?
Jim: We have and it’s been very useful in securing patrons, members, donations and sponsorships. Frankly the popularity of the museum has even positively impacted sales at the gift shop, online and even the restaurant is seeing more guests. The board, wanted to acknowledge your contribution with a bonus. We have not been in the habit of doing this, but we believe these extraordinary results justify this move. This in no way changes the terms of your employment contract, you will still get the bonuses for performance stated in that contract according to those terms. It isn’t a huge amount, but hopefully, it will convey the gratitude of the board.
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(40 votes, average: 3.90 out of 5)
Tomorrow would indeed to an interesting day for our family. – sure sounds interesting!
Lwsho…this was an outstanding chapter. Bette and Tina are taking baby steps back to each other…first civility toward one another…then I’m sure they will have some knock down, drag out words between them, then forgiveness and healing. Lwsho…I sure hope that you will put Humpty and Dumpty back together again!
Thank you for this wonderfully long chapter, and a very sweet and loving story!!
Lwsho, I am loving this story so much. They are certainly making progress one step at a time towards each other. Thanks for writing this. PPVS! :)
Wonderful update! PPS!
Amazing Chapter!!! Tina is showing some patience and I am glad about that. When they do talk I hope they still can be civil to each other and not scream and yell. Thank you I love this story. PPS
OHHHHHHHH this is absolutly fantatic.They are actually talking instead of yelling, listening instead of fighting,working as a team instead of aginst each other. yes I am dncin lol but it wil be betterif they are bak together or working towards this goal lol. love this PPVS
thanks for the long chapter. I am so glad to see them getting along but I have to assume that there will be a bit of strife down the road when they really begin to sort out their problems.pps
That was great and B&T taking baby steps!
Absolutely loving this story, thank you so much
They’re doing pretty well. I’m impressed with them, actually… no sniping, just support. Even broaching the subject of talking about the demise of their relationship went well. Bette’s trying really hard, so’s Tina, but is it all just for Angelica’s sake? We’ll see how their eventual talk goes. Thanks for posting.
Tomorrow sure sounds promising for them. Thank you and can’t wait to read the next chapter. Thank you for this story. Great one :)
You write this story so nicely. I’m looking forward to reading more.