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double doors, then paused like she was a talk-show guest waiting for the studio
audience's applause to die down before she took her seat on Oprah's couch.

"Good morning, Mimi," I said, even though we'd exchanged morning greetings not
all that long ago. But she would have stood there all day waiting for someone to
acknowledge her presence, and as her assistant, one of my unwritten duties was to
make her feel special. The others all mumbled greetings. She finally closed the doors
behind her, then swept to her usual seat at the head of the table. I handed her a copy
of the agenda, which she studied like she wasn't the one who'd written it, before she
looked up and addressed the group.

"We'll keep this short because we all have a busy week with a lot to get done," she
said brusquely. Her tone was different enough from her earlier chatty friendliness that
I grew nervous. "First item on the agenda is departmental reports. April?"

April went a shade paler. Even her lips were white. "We have a meeting with the
agency later this week to discuss their ideas for the next campaign and review their
suggested media buy."

"Is that meeting on my calendar?"

"Yes, it is," I told her, trying to give April a break. "Remember, I checked with you
about that last week?" As soon as I said it, I knew it was a huge mistake. Everyone
else in the room tensed. They all knew how badly I'd goofed. Mimi couldn't handle
being questioned or criticized, not even something as mild as pointing out something
she'd forgotten.

I got even more nervous when she didn't immediately turn into Evil Mimi. Instead,
she just nodded and said, "Okay. Be sure to send me a reminder. Leah?"

In her drugged calm tone, Leah said, "We should get last week's clips from the
agency by close of business today. And we'll get the first draft of the new product
release tomorrow."

Mimi nodded. "I want to see those as soon as you get them." I made a note of
Leah's report and the action item as Mimi turned to Janice, who visibly flinched.
"Any news from events?" Mimi asked. Janice had been on her hit list for a long time,
thus the nervous tic and the fact that Mimi never called her by name. None of us, not
even Janice, was sure what Janice had done wrong.

"We're still getting estimates on locations for the product launch. There isn't much
within our budget that's large enough but still nice."

Mimi turned to the rest of us. "Does anyone here have any ideas for the launch? The
events staff needs all the help it can get."
I had an idea, but I hated to get Janice in trouble by bringing up something when she
didn't have any ideas. Still, in this department it was every man for himself. I had no
doubt that every one of these people would be willing to throw me to the wolves to
keep Mimi off their backs. "IтАФI think I may have something," I said. Every head
snapped toward me, and I had second thoughts about speaking up. Technically, I