旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � Team Eeeek: The Dawning of An Age Page 51 � 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴캑 � "Locate Ms. Gabriel and ask her to report to my office." � � The brief silence which greeted her request told the boss that she had � � spoken too harshly. It was as though the receptionist was thinking, "You � � want me to issue an ORDER to the Chairwoman of the Board?" But the � � affirmative reply finally came and the boss shut down the intercom. � � � � No telling where Gabriel was. Maybe the Polo Lounge or her club or her � � estate up in the Palisades. Maybe she was lunching with the Mayor or a � � Senator or two. The boss had no way of keeping up with her. She spun on � � her designer director's chair and resumed her contemplation of the city. � � As she had anticipated, clouds were rolling in from the west, dark, huge, � � rolling things that stretched into the heavens & blackened the sky. And � � suddenly all the boss' hopes for the new year were as bleak as the weather� � growing outside her window. There was only one task bleaker than facing � � the coming troubles, the boss thought. Then, like she often did when she � � was mulling over her problems, she spoke aloud to herself. � � � � "How am I going to tell the Chairwoman our new software has been stolen?" � � � � To be continued. � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸