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arrived and also Judy, the ever present
and always helpful catering lady, who was just finishing the distribution of
coffee cups around the huge table.
“Hi Judy,” said Katie cheerfully.
“How are you?”
“Not so bad, my dear,”
replied Judy smiling fondly at Katie. “Just finishing up here, and then I'll
let you lot get on.”
“No hurry.....and thanks for
this.” Katie sat herself down one chair away from the other occupant of the
room who seemed to be studying a raft of papers in front of him.
“Hi David.”
“Oh, hi Katie,” replied David
Keenly, one of the tech team leaders. David was a man in his mid forties and
was a seasoned IT professional. Often teased as being a classic “geek”, David
was nonetheless an excellent executive. Katie had worked with him before and
hoped that he would be leading her tech support team on this deal.
Katie and David made small
talk as other people trooped into the room. Sue, Katie's direct boss, sat opposite
and the department head, Julie Cantor, sat at the end of the table. In all
there were eight people present and they were in the process of helping
themselves to coffee and biscuits from the tempting plateful left by Judy when
Julie Cantor, after taking a sip of coffee, opened the meeting.
“Thanks for coming everyone.
I want to put preliminary plans in place for the fulfilment of the deal with
Logistics France and I also want to congratulate the sales team for closing the
deal…..particularly you Katie.” Julie nodded acknowledgment to Katie who smiled
and felt a bit self conscious as all eyes swivelled towards her. “We have short
timelines and so I want to appoint teams as soon as possible. Sue, can you fill
in some details?”
“Sure, Julie thanks,” said
Sue, sitting up straighter in her chair. “We're going to need Katie to give us
a lot of the relevant information, but first I want to put in place
personnel.....”
Just as Sue was speaking, the
door at the end of the room opened and none other than Peter Jarvis walked into
the room. Everyone's head turned in his direction and Sue's voice faltered into
silence.
“Oh please, don't mind me,”
said Peter, totally oblivious to the stir he had caused. “I just wanted to sit
in on this one and who knows, I might even be able to add something.” He sat
down in one of the spare seats and confidently placed his hands on the table in
front of him.
“Oh, fine. Hi Peter. Great to
see you. I think you probably know everyone here. Sue, why don't you continue?”
said Julie. Whilst she obviously knew Peter well, she was not used to him
coming uninvited to her meetings and his arrival clearly shook her.
“Fine. Hi Peter. We're just
about to discuss the plans for fulfilling the France Logistics contract that
Katie completed last week.” As she said this Sue inclined her head towards
Katie and Peter Jarvis turned his head towards her for the first time.
If Katie's mood had been good
to middling at the beginning of this meeting, Peter's arrival had changed all
that. As the door had opened and Katie had turned her head, it was almost as if
the world had gone into slow motion. She had seen his hand grasp the door jamb
and then watched as he had emerged around it. He was wearing a dark brown
jacket, a crisp white shirt open at the collar and a pair of dark blue jeans.
His hair was swept back and his face looked fresh and bright, even though there
were small dark rings under his eyes. His smile was exactly as she remembered
and his twinkling eyes seemed to reach out to everyone in the room.
Despite his entrance, Katie
first reaction was to lower her head to her papers and bring her hand up to her
forehead. Her hair flopped forward and hung half across her face. Her heart had
given an immediate lurch and she felt sweat break out across her brow and over
the rest of her body. As she heard her name mentioned by Sue, she
realised that the game was up and she
and always helpful catering lady, who was just finishing the distribution of
coffee cups around the huge table.
“Hi Judy,” said Katie cheerfully.
“How are you?”
“Not so bad, my dear,”
replied Judy smiling fondly at Katie. “Just finishing up here, and then I'll
let you lot get on.”
“No hurry.....and thanks for
this.” Katie sat herself down one chair away from the other occupant of the
room who seemed to be studying a raft of papers in front of him.
“Hi David.”
“Oh, hi Katie,” replied David
Keenly, one of the tech team leaders. David was a man in his mid forties and
was a seasoned IT professional. Often teased as being a classic “geek”, David
was nonetheless an excellent executive. Katie had worked with him before and
hoped that he would be leading her tech support team on this deal.
Katie and David made small
talk as other people trooped into the room. Sue, Katie's direct boss, sat opposite
and the department head, Julie Cantor, sat at the end of the table. In all
there were eight people present and they were in the process of helping
themselves to coffee and biscuits from the tempting plateful left by Judy when
Julie Cantor, after taking a sip of coffee, opened the meeting.
“Thanks for coming everyone.
I want to put preliminary plans in place for the fulfilment of the deal with
Logistics France and I also want to congratulate the sales team for closing the
deal…..particularly you Katie.” Julie nodded acknowledgment to Katie who smiled
and felt a bit self conscious as all eyes swivelled towards her. “We have short
timelines and so I want to appoint teams as soon as possible. Sue, can you fill
in some details?”
“Sure, Julie thanks,” said
Sue, sitting up straighter in her chair. “We're going to need Katie to give us
a lot of the relevant information, but first I want to put in place
personnel.....”
Just as Sue was speaking, the
door at the end of the room opened and none other than Peter Jarvis walked into
the room. Everyone's head turned in his direction and Sue's voice faltered into
silence.
“Oh please, don't mind me,”
said Peter, totally oblivious to the stir he had caused. “I just wanted to sit
in on this one and who knows, I might even be able to add something.” He sat
down in one of the spare seats and confidently placed his hands on the table in
front of him.
“Oh, fine. Hi Peter. Great to
see you. I think you probably know everyone here. Sue, why don't you continue?”
said Julie. Whilst she obviously knew Peter well, she was not used to him
coming uninvited to her meetings and his arrival clearly shook her.
“Fine. Hi Peter. We're just
about to discuss the plans for fulfilling the France Logistics contract that
Katie completed last week.” As she said this Sue inclined her head towards
Katie and Peter Jarvis turned his head towards her for the first time.
If Katie's mood had been good
to middling at the beginning of this meeting, Peter's arrival had changed all
that. As the door had opened and Katie had turned her head, it was almost as if
the world had gone into slow motion. She had seen his hand grasp the door jamb
and then watched as he had emerged around it. He was wearing a dark brown
jacket, a crisp white shirt open at the collar and a pair of dark blue jeans.
His hair was swept back and his face looked fresh and bright, even though there
were small dark rings under his eyes. His smile was exactly as she remembered
and his twinkling eyes seemed to reach out to everyone in the room.
Despite his entrance, Katie
first reaction was to lower her head to her papers and bring her hand up to her
forehead. Her hair flopped forward and hung half across her face. Her heart had
given an immediate lurch and she felt sweat break out across her brow and over
the rest of her body. As she heard her name mentioned by Sue, she
realised that the game was up and she
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