Petty didn’t let any emotion show on her face. She just nodded. “Okay. Got it.”
Amy glanced at her. Other people might not know, but Amy was well aware that Franco was Petty’s husband. Even if they were getting divorced, he wouldn’t go out of his way to make things difficult for her, right? He wouldn’t purposely hold up her interview… or would he?
Petty opened her laptop and checked the broadcast schedule for the next few days. Her interview was supposed to air during the midday news. The station had cleared a special slot for The White Group’s feature. If Franco kept dragging his feet, her segment would be left empty.
That kind of loss was impossible to measure. And The White Group was their biggest partner. They couldn’t risk upsetting them.
Still, Petty really didn’t want to see Franco again.
Jared called her into his office.
“I watched the interview,” he said. “Honestly, it was fine. But the client’s got all the power here, and they’re pros at finding problems where there aren’t any. Just take one for the team, okay?”
He knew Petty had never had to do a re-interview before, not in her entire career. If word got out, everyone in the industry would hear about it. What he didn’t realize was that this wasn’t why she didn’t want to do it.
If there’d actually been a mistake, redoing the interview would just be a little extra work. Getting her job done well was what mattered most.
Jared tried a different angle. “If you do this, I’ll give you an ‘excellent’ on your year-end review.”
Petty looked up at him. “You mean it?”
“I mean it.”
“Alright.” She stood up.
Jared made a face. “That’s it? That’s your whole reaction?”

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