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Tracy Industries New York City; Friday, March 30th; 4 PM (9 AM March 31st on T.I.)

Lena was in the penthouse, working on her laptop (another perk, courtesy of Jeff Tracy). She was trying to figure out whom she should recommend. She muttered to herself, "Dis is a tough one. Bote are equally qualified, dey have de same amount of seniority, dey are bote well liked by deir peers. I suppose I could recommend bote and let Mr. Tracy make de decision, but I don't tink dat's what he expects me to do." She'd been at it for over an hour, when Aline walked into the study.

"Excuse me, madame. Zere is a call for you. Someone named Marcie Jacobs."

"Tank you, Aline." Lena reached over and picked up the phone. "Dis is Lena. Marcie?"

"Lena, I need to talk to you, privately. But not over the phone. Could we meet somewhere?"

"Hold on, please, Marcie." Lena put a hand over the mouthpiece and called to the housekeeper, who was about to shut the door. "Aline, does Mr. Tracy ever have employees up here?"

The door reopened and she moved back into the room. "He has done so on occasion. You want to have one come here?"

"She says she needs to talk to me privately. So it's eiter here or at de cafe down de street."

"Here ees fine, madame. But sometimes zee employees are intimidated by zis place."

Lena smiled. "I know how dey must feel. Well, I'll suggest it to her, and see what she says." She turned back to the phone. "Marcy, would you like to come up here, or go down de street to de cafe?"

"Up to the penthouse? Oh, I couldn't. Let's go to the cafe. I'll meet you in the lobby. Fifteen minutes?"

Lena grinned at Aline, mouthing the words 'the cafe' to her.

Aline grinned back, and left the room. "Fifteen minutes is fine. I'll see you downstairs."

"Oh, and Lena, please don't send your recommendation until we've talked. That's what I need to talk to you about."

Lena was surprised, but said, "I'm not ready to send it yet. So don't worry about it. I'll see you soon."

Fifteen minutes later, the two women walked out of the building and down the street. They arrived at the cafe, found a booth and ordered tea. After they were served, Lena said, "Okay, Marcie, what is it you wanted to tell me?"

"Lena, I don't know, obviously, who you decided to choose, but I want to ask you to recommend Steve."

Lena was shocked. "Why? Don't you want de job?"

Marcie looked down at her cup. "Not really." She looked up at the older woman. "I like being out there with the rest of the group, not isolated in an office. I like being right there to help when I'm needed. Steve is more of a take charge kind of guy and I think he'd do better than I would in the job.

"And then, there's the meetings I'd have to go to. Mr. Peterson seemed to have to go to at least three every week. I'm really not a 'go to meetings' person. I've been to a few, and am very uncomfortable in them. Steve shines in that area. He'd listen to our ideas and take them to the meetings, or whomever he needs to, if he believes they're good ones. And he'd get those ideas approved."

Lena sat back, regarding Marcie. "Well, you certainly have surprised me, but I appreciate your candor. I have an idea. You know dat new upgrades mean everyone who would use dem would have to be trained. Would you be interested in doing dat kind of ting whenever necessary?"

"Interested? You bet I would! I love learning new things about computers and passing what I find out on to others."

Lena smiled at her enthusiasm. "Well, Mr. Tracy didn't say anyting about dat, but I'm going to put dat in my report, too. I must say you have made my decision much easier. You bote are qualified for de position. And den I found out dat you bote started working for Tracy Industries on de same day. So who could I objectively choose?"

"I'm happy to have been of help," Marcie replied, grinning. "Well, I guess I'd better get back to the office. It's almost quitting time, and I have a few things to take care of before I go. Thanks, Lena for hearing me out."

"Tank you for helping me decide. And don't be surprised if you hear from someone in de future about training. And de tea is on me." Lena paid the bill, and the two women left the cafe and headed back to the Tracy Industries building, well satisfied with the result of their meeting.

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