“And the ‘process’ will take you…?”
“Three or four days, at least.”
“I may not be some hoity-toity accountant like you,” he sayssarcastically, “but I am the Vice President of Financing. AndI’m fairly sure that the two days of familiarizing and threedays of processing… Well, that adds up to five days. Is thatcorrect?”
I grit my teeth. “Yes, it is.”
“Two days too many,” he snarls. “Three is what you get. Like Isaid, it’s not a negotiation.”
If I slap this smug man in his face, I’ll lose my job. Thenagain, maybe that isn’t such a bad thing.
But as soon as the thought flits through my mind, I see Elise’sface. And I take a deep breath.
“I understand you must have a schedule to keep,” I tell him,“and I’m sorry if my company is playin
