Thea Lynch threatened Ian Preston, and Ian Preston threatened her back. Both had strong personalities, so neither was backing down.
In the end, they had no choice but to reach a consensus, and Thea Lynch spent a week recuperating at home.
By the second week, she could walk, but she had to be careful not to stand for too long.
On her first day back at the company, Thea Lynch was busy handling the pile of work that had accumulated, so busy that she even squeezed time out of her lunch break.
In the evening, several teams from the R&D department held a late-night meeting together, and Thea Lynch was so sleepy she kept nodding off, barely paying attention to the meeting content.
Someone said something, and Foreman Chandler nudged her arm with his elbow.
"Hmm?" Thea Lynch asked drowsily, not quite awake, "What's going on?"
Foreman Chandler cleared his throat and signaled with his eyes for her to look ahead.
