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	22.11.2009, 20:26
When Kathy had first come to work at Cameron Enterprises, she had been warned about Lara Cameron. "The Iron Butterfly is a bitch on wheels,” she had been told. "Her secretaries don’t figure their employment there by calendar – they use stop-watches. She’ll eat you alive.” Kathy remembered her first interview with her. She had seen pictures of Lara Cameron in half a dozen magazines, but none of them had done her justice.  In person, the woman was breathtakingly beautiful. Lara Cameron had been reading Kathy’s resume. She looked up and said, "Sit down, Kathy.” Her voice was husky and vibrant. There was an energy about her that was almost overpowering. "This is quite a resume.” "Thank you.” "How much of it is real?” "I’m sorry?” "Most of the ones that come across my desk are fiction. Are you good at what you do?” "I’m very good at what I do, Miss Cameron.” "Two of my secretaries just quit. Everything’s snowballing around here. Can you handle pressure?” "I think so.” "This isn’t a guessing contest. Can you handle pressure or can’t you?” At that moment Kathy was not sure she wanted the job. "Yes, I can.” "Good. You’re on a one-week trial. You’ll have to sign a form saying that at no time will you discuss me or your work here at Cameron Enterprises. That means no interviews, no books, nothing. Everything that happens here is confidential.” "I understand.” "Fine.” That was how it begun five years earlier. During that time Kathy had learned to love, hate, admire, and despise her boss. In the beginning Kathy’s husband had asked, "What is the legend like?” It was a difficult question. "She’s larger than life,” Kathy had said. "She’s drop-dead beautiful. She works harder than anyone I’ve ever known. God only knows when she sleeps. She’s a perfectionist, so she makes everyone around her miserable. In her own way, she’s a genius. She can be petty and vengeful and incredibly generous.” Her husband had smiled. "In other words, she’s a woman.” Kathy had looked at him and said, unsmiling, "I don’t know what she is. Sometimes she scares me.” "Come on, honey, you’re exaggerating.” "No. I honestly believe that if someone stood in Lara Cameron’s way … she would kill.” When Lara finished with the faxes and overseas calls, she buzzed Charlie Hunter, an ambitious young man in charge of accounting. "Come in, Charlie.” "Yes, Miss Cameron.” A minute later he entered her office. "Yes, Miss Cameron?” "I read the interview you gave in The New York Times this morning,” Lara said. He brightened. "I haven’t seen it yet. How was it?” "You talked about Cameron Enterprises and about some of the problems we’re having.” He frowned. "Well, you know, that reporter fellow probably misquoted some of my…” "You’re fired.” "What? Why? I…” "When you were hired, you signed a paper agreeing not to give any interviews. I’ll expect you out of here this morning.” "I…you can’t do that. Who would take my place?” "I’ve already arranged that,” Lara told him.
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