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Katie and I had spent our first morning at Noricom as Katie grumbled along as my secretary. Bunny arranged it so I’d work in the Noricom office as something we called a ‘Personnel Evaluation Manager’. Basically, I got to go around and interview people and evaluate different policies.
On the other hand, Katie would stay at the newspaper and pretend to be working out of our company’s “main office”. This way Katie could write up my notes and tapes, and drop in on the other secretaries on this floor, like Tyler McCoy and the somewhat shyer April Peterson.
Katie showed me how she’d snuck in secretly the night before and started taping everything the two secretaries gossiped about that morning. I could tell Katie hated not publicly being my ‘equal’, even in this ‘undercover’ situation, but she put on a brave face and I made sure not to call her ‘Katie’ in front of the other ‘steno girls’.
Katie was in my office when Bunny walked in.
“So, you two ready for some introductions around here?” Bunny chirped.
“Jennifer, you’re not wearing your Noricom Blazer and business skirt, are you?”