Sorry for Being Brutally Honest
I have always been the type to take people at their word. In fact, I've never been good at reading between the lines.
Back in middle school, a girl deliberately slipped a cheat sheet into my hand. "Hold this for me. The teacher's coming," she whispers.
She probably expects me to panic and stuff it into my pocket.
Instead, I raise my hand. "This belongs to her. She just put it in my hand," I declare.
Years later, after I start working, a new manager begins auditing the accounts.
My colleague, Wendy Boyer, keeps stomping on my foot under the table. Lowering her voice, she whispers, "Just take the blame for now. You're still new, so he won't come down too hard on you."
I nod, stand up,