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After what had to have been the longest night's sleep Betty had ever had Betty made her way towards the Meade building before any of her family awoke. She had to be in extra early today to get down to human resources so she let Justin have another hour's sleep.
She decided to walk so as to clear her head it was about four miles to the Meade building so she swapped her usual stilettos for a pair of converse that would no doubt get mocked by any early rising Mode employee. This should be a happy day she thought, she had one of the best jobs in the world working with people she'd known for ten years. Yet one of these people had broken into her sister's flat and threatened her. Worse still she had a feeling that person was Daniel her once best friend.
She bought a bagel covered in cream cheese just the way she liked it, but to her immediate shock the next person in the queue was none other than Wilhelmina Slater-Owens.
"Wilhelmina!"
"Don't look so shocked Betty it's for my assistant"
"You're buying your assistant a bagel. That's not like you Wilhelmina"
"What can I say it's her birthday and I've mellowed with old age"
"Okay now you're admitting old age, this is weird"
"Not as weird as Daniel Meade's assistant becoming the editor in chief of Meade' s second best selling publication"
"Was that a congratulations from Wilhelmina Slater?"
"Betty you should know better than to be surprised by anything I do!"
"True, anyway I'd best be off I've got to get to HR"
With that they shook hands and were off in their separate directions.
Betty sorted herself out in HR, it took her a lot longer than expected because the HR woman had just got back from maternity leave and was showing the entire department her baby photos. Behind her was a petite ginger girl in her mid twenties.
"Is it your first day too?"The girl asked in a Scottish brogue, she was wearing a Scottish kilt as a skirt and a bargain basket blouse. She had purple glasses and green eyes Betty could see she wasn't going to fit in with the vultures at Meade but she said nothing.
"Sort of, I've kinda worked here before"
"Really, what did you do before?"
"Oh I was an assistant."
"Oh that's what I am now. You got any wee tips for me."
"Work hard and you'll work your way up to the top. It doesn't matter if you make a couple of mistakes as long as you're there for your boss in the long run"
"Thanks, I'd of written it down but one of the girls took my notepad to write her shopping list on"
"Oh did she say her name"
"Amanda"
"Yeah you better watch her she's nice but she's a little bitchy"
"Oh right, I'm Leticia by the way"
"Hi, Leticia I'm Betty"
"That's funny"
"Funny?"
"Oh my hero in college was this woman named Betty Suarez who edited LDN"
"Oh my God I've got a fan!"
"What?"
"I'm Betty Suarez!"
That was when they finally got to the front of the queue and they learned they were assistant and editor. Betty left Leticia in their office and went to see Claire Meade.
"Betty! I am sorry for what happened at your sister's flat!"Claire said almost apologetically."I've organised a staff meeting so you can get to know the team who run your magazine"
"Sounds great! Anyone famous?"
"Not really, although obviously you're in charge of hiring and firing"
"Talking of hiring and firing I've been reading the magazine for the past couple of months and some of these editors need a bit of a helping hand in terms of inspiration. The magazine's fizz has gone totally flat"
"Couldn't agree more Betty. You see what you can do!"
