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Grace Gets a Break

Author: Klaira Blains
last update Last Updated: 2023-02-17 01:07:50

Grace was up to her eyeballs in the strangest requests from colleagues in the field. Colleagues who wouldn’t even acknowledge her a few days ago.

Her old boss, the jerk, wanted her to introduce others to her contacts and connections. He’d inferred if she did this, she might get her old job back. Of course, the people he wanted her to introduce around were all male.

She was livid, and so she lay down her own sets of conditions. Conditions that she’d not expected to see in the light of day. Her blog got traction as soon as she opened up about what was happening there and that she knew things because she was at ground zero with firsthand knowledge.

Of course it worked. The inquiries were coming in. Jane Ann and Becky helped her field them. The coffee shop waitress even called Becky to tell her that people were stopping in and asking questions about what was going on. Others wanted to set up a meeting with Grace for an interview.

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