Her name is Y. She was always early. She’d always show up when we had about an hour to go, even though she didn’t go on until noon. She was T’s best friend at the station, but I don’t know if Y was aware of T’s personal life. Every morning I’d catch T and Y chattering although I could never hear what they were talking about. Inevitably, one of them would say something and they’d both giggle like schoolgirls.
So on the day of my promotion, I left the station manager’s office to find the whole cast and crew (except for C, of course) was there to meet me for a surprise congratulatory celebration. As I made my way through the throng of well-wishers, T came up and whispered in my ear, “I got you a surprise. I can’t tell you about it now, but you’ll know it when you get it.” I didn’t know what she meant by that, but the mysteriousness gave me a semi. Knowing T like I did, it had to be good.