, uhm, Steve?” she said with a smile.“That’s not up to me, Juanita,” I replied with a soft smile.She sighed, and responded in a good natured w...ay, “I should have listened to Charlie.”I nodded, “She would be your boss, if she decides to hire you, so yes, that would be a VERY good idea!”“May I ask why it’s not up to the CEO?”“I maintain a veto, but I let my managers and directors hire the people they want. They have to manage their teams, and that wouldn’t work very well if I imposed people on. I had been in second place, drawing on the leader when someone bumped my rear tire and left me careening out of control.When I eventually came to, I was being wheeled from an ambulance and into a hospital where I passed out yet again. I woke up sometime later in a hospital room, alone, with both arms in plaster casts from the elbow down and a horrible ache all over my body. A nurse came in, saw that I was awake, checked my IV drip and left again. A short while later, my stepmother came in,. "What? I'm not! You invaded my privacy. You clearly read things that nobody was ever supposed to know. You ruined my life" Trina whispered the last line defeated. Her body shook as she fought down another sob. "We can't let anyone find out" Bree said quietly placing her hand on her sister's thigh. "Well no shit. It's bad enough you know. If anyone else knew I'd be ruined" Trina said barely holding back from screaming the words. She was looking at Bree as if she had just said the dumbest thing. Two rows back from her was William, her sister Penny's boyfriend, still contemplating his math exam and still very nervous. He was obviously having more trouble with the exam they were taking than she was — and most of the others in this room, which was nearly deserted since there were just a few minutes left.Cynthia smiled encouragingly in William's direction, but he was concentrating too hard to notice. He was not stupid, far from it, but math wasn't his strongest subject at all. He would.