"Or else!"
Linda could feel her legs giving in to the pressure. " Director, I...where on earth am I going to find ten thousand dollars?" she pleaded, on the brink of tears." My boyfriend has just broken up with me so I won't be getting any allowance from him anymore. I have to pay the loan for my car and my apartment all by myself now, and the twenty thousand I am earning each month isn't even enough for those. I don't have any savings for this."
The Design Director rolled her eyes at Linda and considered the situation. The entire Design Department would have to suffer the consequences if they failed to resolve the situation. She sighed heavily and rolled her eyes at Linda again, before looking over at Sabrina.
"Sabrina, I know you had been mistreated last week. This is what I'll propose, Linda will personally owe you ten thousand dollars, but she is obviously incapable of paying you right now. You need to come with me to the office later, I will talk to the Finance Department and have them pay you first. How does that sound?" she offered sincerely.
"Sure," Sabrina agreed calmly. She didn't care as long a s she had the money. It wasn't that she couldn't help voluntarily, but that depended heavily as to who she
would be doing that for. She had only worked in this company for two days and had been bullied wherever she went. Now that she was fired, it was only reasonable for her to be paid to resolve the issue for a company that she no longer worked for.
"Great! So can you...figure out a way to resolve this?" asked the Director gingerly.
"Yeah! Why don't you go on ahead and tell us what brilliant solution you have?" Linda questioned sharply, "or were you just bluffing?"
All eyes were on Sabrina, as the members of the Design Department waited with anticipation. If Sabrina failed to provide a viable solution, they would be the first to skin her alive.
"It's nothing, really." Sabrina smiled gently in response. "I just had more experience on construction work from the time I spent in different sites, that's all. So, Director, about the remuneration..."
"Oh, of course, the money! Come along with me to the office so I can have that arranged for you," the Design Director replied, all the while contemplating how she could convince Sabrina to stay in the company.
Once the problem was resolved, the group returned to the office. Only this time, Sabrina was seated in the same private vehicle as the Design Director instead of the bus with the others. Sabrina noticed that there was a luxurious sports car that was parked outside the office building upon arrival. 1
"Sabrina, did the entire Design Department head out for lunch?" Ryan stepped out from the sports car and greeted her passionately.
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