' I hope that will keep her from abandoning her current plan in favor of another, at least for now."I carried little Atea over to his mom and sister a...d gave Patricia a heartfelt kiss. "She tried to make it a choice between sleeping with her and losing the company. What she doesn't realize is that she and Lenny, in acquiring so much SyncComp stock may have given us a third option." Which is... ?" Patricia asked.I told her about my plans and got a kiss and a grin in return."You deserve more than. "Between now and next May, you and I will lay out a program that will give you as much exposure to how we run this department as possible. I have the support of the top management, so if you agree, then we'll begin to get you ready for a more senior position," he smiled."I didn't expect anything like this, Mr ... Bud. I'm really grateful for the opportunity. Has the city ever done something like this before?"He shook his head. "No, not to my knowledge. But you've earned this, Ian. You've done. Sandra pulled out a collection of white leather straps from the wardrobeand took them off the hanger. These were the reins they were on aboutearlier!The front panel had a heart shaped piece of leather, which read AMY! Inpink lettering. There was lots of jingling and tinkling with everymovement of them as Sandra undid the buckles and instructed me to smileand put my hands into the air.She threaded my arms through some looped straps and spun me round quicklybefore I could feel the chest strap of. “I’m so excited for you boss lady! He is FINE!!!” She gave me the thumbs up and walked out of my office. I work with two great ladies, I love them and I’m so grateful to have them in my life. I smiled at my good fortune as I headed for the door. When I walked out I saw him standing with Georgia and Peggy. The girls were looking pretty intense and I overheard Peggy say, “you better be good to her!” as I walked up. They all smiled at me as I approached them. “Have fun boss!” Peggy winked. “See.