When Lucy arrived at work the next day, she was told that Verne had a bad cold and needed two days to leave. She was also told that, while he was gone, she would need to pick up the slack. Not only would she have to do his paperwork, but she would also be required to go out and meet customers.
In and of its self, Lucy had no problem with completing the individual tasks. She did have a couple of concerns though. The first was that she was new and she had had trouble completing the work that had been allotted to her the day before. The second was that she didn’t look forward to the amount of time that she’d have to spend with Byron.
She was new though, so she could not refuse. All that she would be able to do was work as hard as she could – even if that meant putting in overtime – and hope
