Chapter 20: Authority Comes BackIt took two weeks for me to finally schedule a time to meet with the woman in Human Resources. I told Jude at the next bowling class, and he seemed resigned.
“Just get it over and done with. The sooner, the better.”
But I held out a little longer, really making them work for it. But then it was time.
On Friday, the last day of January, I went to the office, making my way through the intimidating administration building. I’d been in the building only a few times during my school career, mostly dealing with direct deposit forms for my two university jobs.
“Hi. I’m here to see Ms. Blackmoore?”
The assistant looked at his computer. “And your name?”
“Aiden Lawrence. I have an appointment.”
He nodded. “Go ahead and take a seat. She’ll be up shortly.”
I did
