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the
department.
    Secretly pleased
with himself, Darryl provided answers that he felt Matthew wanted to hear. He
knew Matthew favored Vivian and he didn’t want to mess up any chance he had of
taking over her position one day.
    Matthew revealed
that a position would be available in six months and that Darryl would be a
perfect candidate. However, there was one simple condition. Darryl needed a
college degree, one in the field of Business with a concentration in Marketing.
    He explained to
Darryl that he would need to show evidence of enrollment in a business program
as a condition of his promotion. In addition, the company would be willing to
pay for half the cost of his education. All Darryl had to do was submit an
updated copy of his transcript each time he completed a course.
    Darryl
considered this stipulation as only a slight setback. Getting a degree meant
studying after work hours. That meant having less time for himself and his
family. However, he liked the idea of the company writing him checks toward
tuition.
    Darryl was
smart. He had researched his options before his initial meeting with his boss.
He knew he would need some kind of certification and had heard the University
of Millstone’s online program did not require a specific grade point average to
be accepted. While he was an average student in high school, had lots of
friends, and played on the football team, Darryl wasn’t anybody special.
    Yet.
    He had talked
with an admissions counselor over the phone and when the counselor directed him
to a financial advisor, Darryl learned he would pre-qualify for a student loan.
In other words, he wouldn’t have to worry about repaying his loans until one
year after graduation. The way he looked at it, he would be going to school for
free, getting checks from his employer, and earning a degree. If he played his
cards right, he would find a way to get out of having to pay off his student
loans. And he would get his wife off his back.
    Darryl had it
all worked out. Of course, he had told his boss that he would need to discuss
the proposal with his wife, but that he would get back to him as soon as
possible. He found it rather amusing how easy it was for him to manipulate
Matthew. He didn’t give a darn about his job. All he wanted was to make more
money and do nothing like Vivian did nothing. He wanted to boss people around
and show them who was in charge. He would make his employees perform better
than ever, and in the end, Darryl would be a star. He would be the top guy.
Perhaps he would even be the CEO of the company he worked for.
    But all of his
dreams were shot down because of Katherine Richards. She ruined any chance of
success he had in this world. Who did she think she was, getting him expelled
like that? Well, he wasn’t about to let her get away with it. He had complained
to his academic counselor that he would be reporting her. She was a lousy
instructor and her only goal was to see him suffer. What happened in her
life that was so bad that she had to take it out on me, he thought angrily . Well, I’ll show her who the boss is here. I’ll make her pay! He slammed
his fist on the table, forming a crease in the center of his expulsion letter.

Chapter 7
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     “What do you think of this one?” Kat
asked Rhonda, holding up an assembled model of a stuffed apple. Two pieces of
heart-shaped red fabric were hand-sewn together and stuffed with crinkle paper.
The message behind the craft was for children at vacation bible school to give
away the apple as a gift to show their love for others.
    “Wow.” Rhonda admired the craft as she
took it from Kat. She removed her glasses and set them on the table as she
leaned forward in her chair to inspect Kat’s handiwork. “These crafts look a
lot better in person than they do in the catalog, don’t they?”
    “They sure do.” Kat replied, reaching
for the next craft. The women had been working together for an hour on crafts
and were