"I want all the flowers to look fresh." She pulled the withering stems of the lilies from the vase and threw them into the trash bin. "This is not just any charity. Replace those over there." Amelia barked orders left and right, hoping to remedy the situation.
A close friend made a last-minute call to her, asking for help when her coordinator had an accident, confining the woman in charge of the event in a hospital with a broken hip. She needed someone to take over the party she had organized for a good cause.
Now, she was trying to remedy the situation by taking over from an incompetent assistant who, in turn, had run the show. The initial program was great, but the assistant made changes when she took charge, messing up the entire plan.
"What do you think? Would we make it in time?" Her friend asked since the party would be later that evening.
