Isabel rather enjoyed seeing the conflict, misery and offended pride playing across Jorge's face. She stretched things a bit by saying how, as the two newest members of the faculty from the College Of Business and co-authors, we had both already agreed to come. "Might as well keep it small the first time. Maybe they will each bring a date."Jorge turned pale at those words, his first thought went to Nancy bringing Tulip. Or maybe I might bring Tulip. Clearly, after the Mink anything was possible, and so many things were bad for him.Jorge uttered, under his breath, "This girl, she is staff."Then came salt on the open wound, Isabel corrected Jorge by saying that Nancy had been recently promoted to faculty, retroactive to the start of the Fall, because she co-authored with me. It was something involving Box-Jenkins. "You know all about that, don't you?" Of course, she knew perfectly well he did not.Isabel said she was sure, with the promotion Nancy was probably earning more than anybo
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