“For the next few weeks,” she replied.
I assumed there had been some misunderstanding.
“Is this for a temporary project?”
“No.”
She smiled.
“You’re going to train our new hire.”
I glanced toward the glass conference room where a woman I’d never seen before was sitting with someone from HR.
She looked confident. Professional. Completely unaware that she was about to become the center of a situation nobody had anticipated.
“Okay,” I said slowly. “What position is she taking?”
Karen hesitated for half a second.
“Yours.”
I actually laughed.
Not because it was funny.
Because sometimes your brain laughs before it has figured out how else to react.
“My position?”
