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Summer shrugged non-committedly, pulling her backpack on and going out to meet her nanny for school.
“Thank you very much!” Evie called out after her and laughed a bit self-consciously.
“I tend to be hard on PAs,” I said, watching her carefully.
“You don’t say,” she deadpanned.
“I’m going to make us some kale smoothies,” I said, ignoring her. “Run me through my day.”
Then I proceeded to put the blender on at high speed so I couldn’t hear a word of what she said. When I stopped blending and she started talking again, I quickly switched it on again.
“I’m not a fan of the then-this, then-that,” I said. “Just give me the most important parts.”
“I don’t know which meetings are the most important,” she said.
I lifted an eyebrow, “I guess you’ll have to figure it out fast, then,” I said. I poured a few glasses and put them in front of her.
“Taste these and tell me which ones you like best.”
She looked at the glasses of green liquid.
“I’m not… really… I mean…”
“You don’t like kale?” I asked.
“Uhm, no, not really?”
“So what do you usually have for breakfast?”
“Coffee?”
“You need caffeine to get you going, you’ve got a problem right there. Wouldn’t you prefer some natural energy fueling your body?”
When she didn’t answer, I shoved the glasses towards her. “Tell me which one you prefer.”
They were all the same, but I didn’t want her knowing that.
She tasted them all, kept her face neutral and pointed to one, “That one. Now, I think you should get ready to take your nine o’clock call. I think that one is important.”
“You think?”
She seemed to stumble over her words. “Well, I don’t know… The sender is Rachel Levy. But there is a report attached and she says in the mail that she wants to discuss…”
“Did you read the report?”
She shook her head.
“Read it quickly and give me the gist of it.”
She stared at me like she didn’t know what to do.
“Now!”
I fetched my laptop and shoved it towards her, letting her open the mail and scan the document. I watched her pull herself together, get over her annoyance with me, deciding to get the job done. I had already read the report, already knew that I didn’t need to meet with Rachel.
“The report seems to focus on staff compliance and an evaluation of initial feedback…”
I interrupted her, “The gist, Evie, what is bottom line here?” I didn’t have to fake my impatience. I needed someone who could get to the point quickly. This was a crucial part of her job, reading through the blah-blah and finding the bombshells.
