The chief architect gave her the "teamwork" speech and told her that this was one of the most important projects in the works and that he needed her t...o sell this project to the client. Andie knew that this wasn't the most important project they were working on and the only reason that she was going to present it was because everyone else wanted the day after Christmas off.The phone call to her mother had been hard. She could tell that her mother was heart-broken. She could almost hear the catch. "You're not being punished honey," I informed Lizzy in a reassuring voice. "You were sent here to calm down and relax. The situation had you all wound up and you needed a little private time to let go of all that anger." Of course I was angry Daddy," Lizzy declared loudly. "That bitch wouldn't listen to me." Lizzy!" I said in reproach. "The name calling has to stop." What about her Daddy." Lizzy demanded to know. "You heard what she said about me. What gives her the right to say those things to. And, boy, when folks had found out how high that "real value" was, everybody -- players and management alike -- had been shocked!Big salaries and free agency also frequently led to individual star players getting long-term contracts at guaranteed wages, so teams had to think twice -- three times -- before letting a player go whose paycheck would go on -- and on -- long after the player was off on a golf course somewhere.So these young guys who were being sent down knew that the chances were. She had brown hair about shoulder length and pulled back behind her ears. Her face was round and she had a cute line of freckles across her button nose. “Hello Dr. Andrews, I’m Heidi.” She greeted me with a soft high pitch girly voice. Amy started back to work the following week and everything was going well. Heidi was doing a great job of taking care of the baby for the hours that Amy and I were both away from the house. After a couple of weeks I came home to the surprise of my life. There.
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