at tightened around her shoulders。
〃You'll have a fight on your hands；〃 he said。 〃I have a prior claim on
her。 Your big corporation may be able to do without you for the weekend；
but our small one isn't so generous。〃 Looking down at her； he said；
〃There were several calls for you。 Alabama called again on that toxic
waste burning problem。 I told them you'd have an answer for them by
Monday。〃
Chloe nodded； sighing her uncertainty on the Alabama matter。 〃And the
other calls？〃
〃Derry Township called on the lecture series at the munity college。
They want to know when the printed material will be ready to be copied。
Jay called from Pittsburgh to say that he should be back on Sunday； and
Debbie will have the statistics on the sinkhole study for you to see
tomorrow。〃
〃Whoa。 She sure got that together fast。〃 She told Ross； 〃Debbie is the
newest member of the firm。 She just got her degree。 Her working
knowledge of puters is much better than Lee's or mine。〃 She frowned。
〃Boy； would I like to take more courses。〃
〃Why don't you？〃 Ross asked。
〃No time。 Lee and I have worked our butts off trying to make ESE a
functioning enterprise。〃 She shot a look at her partner。 〃I think we're
finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel。〃
His grimace took her by surprise。 Instead of agreement； she saw sudden
doubt。 〃That's another point of