The Second Lie
“So what if the existing ones all bore my own teeth marks? Sometimes a girl just needed fresh wood.
I'd already seen four patients that day, had worked at the soup kitchen during lunch--my turn to wash dishes--and book club was that night and I hadn't finished the book, in spite of being up half the night trying.
And right then, critical on my list was that none of my desk drawers had unused, which for me meant unchewed, pencils. Okay, so the habit was somewhat disgusting. I acknowledged... it. At least I faced my issues.
"Deb?" I punched the phone intercom system--a system that had come with the office and had been around, I suspected, since before color television.
"Yeah?" Deb Brown, my assistant wasn't the most professional employee around. But she was loyal and compassionate, which made up for any lack in her office etiquette.
"Have we got any pencils out there?" "No, but you've got a call on line one.MoreLess
I'd already seen four patients that day, had worked at the soup kitchen during lunch--my turn to wash dishes--and book club was that night and I hadn't finished the book, in spite of being up half the night trying.
And right then, critical on my list was that none of my desk drawers had unused, which for me meant unchewed, pencils. Okay, so the habit was somewhat disgusting. I acknowledged... it. At least I faced my issues.
"Deb?" I punched the phone intercom system--a system that had come with the office and had been around, I suspected, since before color television.
"Yeah?" Deb Brown, my assistant wasn't the most professional employee around. But she was loyal and compassionate, which made up for any lack in her office etiquette.
"Have we got any pencils out there?" "No, but you've got a call on line one.MoreLess
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