Chapter 153 Jan 1983, 1425:
With the expected butterfly aerobatics in her midsection, Jan reported for her oral interview for the deputy job. She’d deliberately scheduled it for one of her days off, knowing she’d be on edge. No use letting that spill over into her regular work anymore than she could help. Oh, everyone knew that she was trying for it. She’d made no secret of it, and no one had said anything negative to her. Still, she felt a vague sense of guilt, as if she was betraying her loyalty to the third shift folks who had become her family.
The deputy pay was a little higher, but that was not the reason she’d sought the change. Everyone probably knew that, also. Maybe it didn’t matter anymore. Thad—no, she’d better even think of him as Senior Officer Gunn now—was hard at work dev
