25-06-2020, 06:58 PM
The next afternoon, Denise was reading her book on Churchill while relaxing beside the hotel's indoor pool. She wore a very modest one-piece suit with slippers. She also had a large towel spread over her legs as she enjoyed her book.
Carie was sitting a few chairs away wearing a bikini with heels. The two had spoken briefly, but Denise still remembered watching Carie kissing Eric Heaven and didn't know what to say to her.
When Eric Heaven came into the pool area and sat down beside Denise, Carie wasn't surprised. She had expected it, sooner or later. Although out of earshot, she watched the two of them. For ten minutes or so, Denise listened politely, making a few comments of her own on whatever topic they were discussing.
It was another five minutes before Carie saw the reaction she had been expecting. Denise sat bolt upright in her chair, picked up her things, and walked away without so much as a smile or a word to Heaven who was left sitting alone. Embarrassed, he too left a moment later, but in a direction opposite from that which Denise had taken.
Carie got up and followed Denise to her hotel room. At the door, she knocked and heard Denise ask, "Who is it?"
"It's Carie. Are you alone?"
"Yes. Mark's visiting with Alvin, I think."
"I would like to talk to you if you don't mind. I think you need to hear what I have to say." A moment later, the door opened, and Denise motioned her friend into the room. Although still uncomfortable from seeing Carie kissing Heaven and from her encounter with the man ten minutes earlier, she still managed a smile for her longtime friend.
"We've got some wine and cheese or a soft drink. Would you like something?", Denise asked.
"No, thanks. I just want to talk to you and I want you to listen until I finish. Afterwards, I expect you will throw me out of the room and probably never speak to me again, but someone needs to talk to you and there's no one else other then me who will do it. Are you willing to listen?"
Denise was getting more and more uncomfortable, but what could she say. Her friend was obviously very serious. "All right. Go ahead. What is it?"
"I've made a list so I don't leave anything out. First: Your husband is clearly the best qualified man in the corporation for appointment to associate VP level. Mark has the support of every division director, and most, if not all of them, believe that he should be the next Senior Executive Vice President, who, as you know, effectively runs the entire corporation."
"Not only does Mark have the total support of all the division directors, he is also the first choice of the CEO and all members of the Board."
"That's wonderful! Thank you for telling me this.", Denise exclaimed.
"Don't interrupt. Just listen and try to learn something."
Carie was sitting a few chairs away wearing a bikini with heels. The two had spoken briefly, but Denise still remembered watching Carie kissing Eric Heaven and didn't know what to say to her.
When Eric Heaven came into the pool area and sat down beside Denise, Carie wasn't surprised. She had expected it, sooner or later. Although out of earshot, she watched the two of them. For ten minutes or so, Denise listened politely, making a few comments of her own on whatever topic they were discussing.
It was another five minutes before Carie saw the reaction she had been expecting. Denise sat bolt upright in her chair, picked up her things, and walked away without so much as a smile or a word to Heaven who was left sitting alone. Embarrassed, he too left a moment later, but in a direction opposite from that which Denise had taken.
Carie got up and followed Denise to her hotel room. At the door, she knocked and heard Denise ask, "Who is it?"
"It's Carie. Are you alone?"
"Yes. Mark's visiting with Alvin, I think."
"I would like to talk to you if you don't mind. I think you need to hear what I have to say." A moment later, the door opened, and Denise motioned her friend into the room. Although still uncomfortable from seeing Carie kissing Heaven and from her encounter with the man ten minutes earlier, she still managed a smile for her longtime friend.
"We've got some wine and cheese or a soft drink. Would you like something?", Denise asked.
"No, thanks. I just want to talk to you and I want you to listen until I finish. Afterwards, I expect you will throw me out of the room and probably never speak to me again, but someone needs to talk to you and there's no one else other then me who will do it. Are you willing to listen?"
Denise was getting more and more uncomfortable, but what could she say. Her friend was obviously very serious. "All right. Go ahead. What is it?"
"I've made a list so I don't leave anything out. First: Your husband is clearly the best qualified man in the corporation for appointment to associate VP level. Mark has the support of every division director, and most, if not all of them, believe that he should be the next Senior Executive Vice President, who, as you know, effectively runs the entire corporation."
"Not only does Mark have the total support of all the division directors, he is also the first choice of the CEO and all members of the Board."
"That's wonderful! Thank you for telling me this.", Denise exclaimed.
"Don't interrupt. Just listen and try to learn something."
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