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“Mm, hmm,” he said.
“Luke!”
“What?” He gave Amy an exasperated look. “Ames, I’m swamped. I have a meeting at nine, and I - ”
“I want you to hire Jane.”
“What the hell for?”
“Because she’s sweet, and I think she needs help.”
“I already give to charity.”
“Luke, I mean it. Give her a chance, will you?”
He shook his head. “She’s not going to work out, and then I’ll have to fire her, and she’ll be out of a job completely. Is that what you want?”
“Mark will take her back.”
“No, he won’t.”
“He will if you ask him to.”
He sighed loudly and sat back in his chair. “I don’t want to hire her, Amy. It’s not going to work.”
“I think it will,” she said stubbornly. “Luke, please. Just give her a chance, okay? For me?”
She gave him a pleading look, and he could feel his resolve weakening. He never could say no to his baby sister.
“Every time she cries, I’m sending her to your office,” he said.
She grinned triumphantly. “That’s fine.”
“I mean it, Amy. And when she fails - ”
“If she fails.”
“When she fails, you have to ask Mark to let her have her job back.”
“No way.”
“Yes, way.”
“I hate Mark, and he hates me. He won’t do it if I ask him.”
“He doesn’t hate you, and yes he will. You two used to be friends, and now you won’t even talk to him anymore.”
She glared at him. “It’s better this way.”
“Is it? It’s been over a month since you started fighting with him. Are you ever going to tell me what the fight was about?”
“We didn’t fight, and it’s none of your business anyway. Are you going to hire Jane or not?”
“Yes, I’ll hire her if you promise to talk to Mark when I fire her.”
Amy hesitated before nodding. “Fine. But only because I know she’ll do a great job, and you won’t be firing her.”
“Whatever, Ames.”
