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"Did you?"
"I was promoted today."
"To what?"
"Kagle's job."
"Kagle's?"
"It finally went through."
"Was that the job?"
"Congratulate me."
"Did you know it was his job?"
"No."
"Yes, you did."
"I had a hunch."
"What happened to him?"
"Nothing."
"What will? I saw the way he looked."
"He was fired."
"My God."
"I fired him today. He doesn't know that yet. But I think he does."
"You fired him?"
"I had to, God dammit. He won't be fired. He'll be transferred somewhere else until he quits or retires. I can't keep him around. I couldn't use him after he's been in charge. He's embarrassing. He's sloppy. He'll run my work down."
"He's got two children."
"So have I."
"You've got three."
"So?"
"You're forgetting Derek again."
"So?"
"You're always forgetting Derek."
"So?"
"So's your old man." She is drunk and she is defiant.
"What the hell else am I supposed to do?"
"I'm better than you," she tells me.
"You want a new house, don't you? You liked the idea that I was getting a better job, didn't you?"
"I used to think I wasn't," she continues. "But I am. You like to think you're better than me. But you're not. I'm the one who's better."
"Yeah? And you'd be even better still if you'd lay off the wine in the afternoon."
"Your mother was right."
"Leave her out of it."
"You're just no good."
"I told you to leave her out of it."
"I never thought I was."
"You're always bothering me about money, aren't you?"
"No, I don't."
"The hell you don't."
"And neither do they. We don't bother you about money that much."
"And you wonder why I don't tell you I love you, don't you?"
"I never thought I was good at anything." There is undisguised scorn, calm, measured contempt that I've never seen in her before. "You don't help much there."
"Kagle isn't sore at me. Why are you?"
"Isn't he?"
"No. In fact, he's the one who recommended me to replace him."
"No, he didn't," she jeers, with a curling lip and a belittling shake of her head. "You knew months ago. He just found out."
"You're getting good at this."
"You taught me."
"At least you got something.
"Did you?"
"I was promoted today."
"To what?"
"Kagle's job."
"Kagle's?"
"It finally went through."
"Was that the job?"
"Congratulate me."
"Did you know it was his job?"
"No."
"Yes, you did."
"I had a hunch."
"What happened to him?"
"Nothing."
"What will? I saw the way he looked."
"He was fired."
"My God."
"I fired him today. He doesn't know that yet. But I think he does."
"You fired him?"
"I had to, God dammit. He won't be fired. He'll be transferred somewhere else until he quits or retires. I can't keep him around. I couldn't use him after he's been in charge. He's embarrassing. He's sloppy. He'll run my work down."
"He's got two children."
"So have I."
"You've got three."
"So?"
"You're forgetting Derek again."
"So?"
"You're always forgetting Derek."
"So?"
"So's your old man." She is drunk and she is defiant.
"What the hell else am I supposed to do?"
"I'm better than you," she tells me.
"You want a new house, don't you? You liked the idea that I was getting a better job, didn't you?"
"I used to think I wasn't," she continues. "But I am. You like to think you're better than me. But you're not. I'm the one who's better."
"Yeah? And you'd be even better still if you'd lay off the wine in the afternoon."
"Your mother was right."
"Leave her out of it."
"You're just no good."
"I told you to leave her out of it."
"I never thought I was."
"You're always bothering me about money, aren't you?"
"No, I don't."
"The hell you don't."
"And neither do they. We don't bother you about money that much."
"And you wonder why I don't tell you I love you, don't you?"
"I never thought I was good at anything." There is undisguised scorn, calm, measured contempt that I've never seen in her before. "You don't help much there."
"Kagle isn't sore at me. Why are you?"
"Isn't he?"
"No. In fact, he's the one who recommended me to replace him."
"No, he didn't," she jeers, with a curling lip and a belittling shake of her head. "You knew months ago. He just found out."
"You're getting good at this."
"You taught me."
"At least you got something.