She summoned the three of them to her office study, where she offered them seats and fixed her gaze on them.
"I believe you three understand the significance of this day! I'm hoping that by the time we're done here, we'll have received the response that we all needed."
The girls had been nervous for one week. Their families were rooting for them because a promotion meant a raise in pay and better benefits.
Who wouldn't want something like that to happen to them, especially in an era when finding work was becoming increasingly difficult?
"Anne, Bertha, and Kerry, you three gave me the best presentations I've ever seen, and knowing that you put your all into it makes me like you even more."
"I won't go over who said what because you all know what you suggested to me two days ago, but I will go over what I liked from the presentations and what I have decided to work on."
