My partner answered the phone on the second ring. "I knew you'd call," Eames said, sounding annoyed.
I instantly forgot what I'd planned to say.
"Bobby, why do you let them get to you like this? Leslie is a weasel. She looked up a few facts, but she doesn't know the first thing about us!"
"But... you said-"
"Bobby." She exhaled loudly. "If I decide to try for captain, do you believe I can make it?"
"Yes, of course, but-"
"Listen. I used to think the job was all about promotion, moving ahead. Do you think that way?"
"No."
"Neither do I, anymore. I've grown. It's too late to persuade me with that... selfish way of thinking."
"Oh." How could I have doubted her?
"Now do you get it?"
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