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right"dis"
She looked back at Martha. "It's too late.
So what I'd like to do now is apologize to you and
put this behind us."
"I'm sure you would," Martha replied, "but that's not
my style. When I'm unhappy, I let it out."
And out and out,
Aideen thought.
"And when I get real unhappy," Martha added,
"I shut
you
out. I can't afford charity."
Aideen didn't agree with that policy of
excommunication. You build a good team, you fight
hard to keep it; a wise and effective manager
understands that passion needs to be nurtured and
channeled, not crushed. But this was a side of Martha
she'd simply have to get used to. As
Op-Center's Deputy Director, General
Mike Rodgers, had put it when he hired her,
Every job has politics. They just happen to be more
pronounced
in
politics.
He went on to point out that in every profession, people have
agendas. Often, only dozens or hundreds of people
are affected by those agendas. In politics, the
ramifications from even tiny ripples are
incalculable. And there was only one way to fight that.
Aideen had asked him how.
Rodgers's answer had been simple.
With a better agenda.
Aideen was too annoyed to contemplate what
Martha's agenda was right now. That was a popular
topic of discussion at Op-Center. People were divided
as to
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whether the Political and Economics Liaison
worked hard doing what was best for the nation or for Martha
Mackall. The truth, most felt, was that she was
looking out for both.
Aideen looked around the bus. She could tell that some
of the people gathered around her were also unhappy, though that had
very little to do with what was going on between the young woman and
Martha. The bus was packed with people returning to work after
the afternoon lunch break-which lasted from one o'clock to four-as
well as camera-carrying tourists. A number of them
had seen what the young woman had done at the bus
stop. Word had spread very rapidly. The riders
nearest Aideen were pressing away from her. A few