Pescaito En La Playa

Even the kids were happy.

One day while at work, Mary Jane got a phone call that Dan had been rushed to thehospital with a burst aneurysm. Dan died before Mary Jane had a chance to get to the

hospital. The family had been in Seattle less than a year.

Mary Jane settled back into work but she still thought ofDan and the life they were going

to have together in Seattle. Even two years after his death, she still felt a surge of emotion

whenever she thought about him. She knew that it was important tomove on, but she

couldn’t help think that life shouldn’t be this hard.

Luckily, Mary Jane’s work life was good. She was a respected supervisor and her team’s

reputation was excellent. People knewthey could count on her employees. Mary Jane

thought about her team when she had to go down to the third fl oor. The third fl oor was

known as the “toxic waste dump,” because it seemed so devoidof life. The employees

there were known as unresponsive, unpleasant, slow and negative.

Mary Jane was taken by complete surprise when her boss told her she was being promoted

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