I parked my car and took the folder of papers from the passenger seat beside me, walked up to the front door of the well-kept detached house and rang the bell, hearing its chimes echo distantly inside.I saw the shape of a woman approaching. However, when the door swung open I was surprised to find that this was not my boss, but a complete stranger.‘Oh!’ I gasped. ‘Umm ... er, hi! Is Ms Betty at home? Only, she left these at the office, and I thought she said that she’d need them for her meeting tomorrow ... so ... well, I thought ... umm ... yes, well, maybe I should bring them ...’, I paused, and then ended rather lamely: ‘I’m Natsha, her PA.’The woman looked at me with no change of expression for a moment, and I began to think that my bright idea – show initiative, I’d told myself, impress the boss – perhaps had not been so smart after all. The woman in front of me was quite striking – she seemed to be of similar age to my boss, but she was a bit taller than Ms Betty, and her hai
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