Favorite Blog: BANG BUS BANGBUS.COM could feel the hot blush creep up my cheeks despite my frantic desire to keep it down. I nodded, saying nothing. Where was Maddock going with this line of questioning? My heart raced.
"I've been giving Daniel a great deal of thought lately," Maddock confessed, giving me a small, reassuring smile. "And I've been thinking of making him partner once this whole kerfuffle with City Hall is finished. What do you think?"
"I-it's hardly my decision to make, Sir," I stammered. My ears were ringing with disbelief. To my left Mrs. Kendall and her lawyer chattered on.
"I know," Maddock replied jovially. "But I figure you've gotten the measure of him by now and I value your opinion. No other architect in the firm has worked with him on a project for so long, he usually scares them away after a week or two. Daniel's worked for me for twenty years, so I know his worth, but after all it won't be me working with him in the long run. My retirement is looming, Ms. Kovacs, and I'd like to know I'm leaving my firm in the hands of the right person."
I sat in stunned silence, wishing Daniel could be privy to this conversation. He'd worked his ass off for Maddock for two decades and I knew unequivocally that he deserved the promotion. I told Maddock so in just a few words. He nodded and patted my arm in his grandfatherly way.
"That seals it, Ms. Kovacs. After all this is over, Sutcliffe gets promoted to partner and you get promoted from junior architect. Just don't tell him before I do, I'd like to break the news myself."
I nodded without speaking, hearing Maddock as if from far away. Both Daniel and I would get promotions? I'd be a full architect in the firm? I felt a little dizzy and resisted the urge to lay my head down on the conference table to catch my breath.
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