Seventy

Bill Miller grinned and turned to Harrison. “George, have I told you lately how brilliant you are? But on the other hand, when you insisted on hiring that female mechanical engineer, I knew there would be trouble, and just look... ! She’s turning the whole damned company upside down.”

George just grinned. With the others still present, he called Bill Christian into his office and told him of his promotion. Then he explained why Campbell was no longer with the company.

“It’s just as well, I guess, George,” Bill finally said. “Because if he hadn’t been gone, I would have been. That guy was living in the Middle Ages ... or somewhere.”

“How about the girls?” Kim asked.

“Have any ideas?” Harrison replied.

“Yes, I do,” Kim began. “First of all, there’s all that overtime. I think we should pay them double-time for all the hours they worked — we can reconstruct them pretty well from the security logs. I think Jane Chalmers can hold down the fort here for the next two weeks ... working 8 to 5,