Robert Arthur Bachmann

This Time Around Robert Arthur Bachmann

Murray Watts, City Editor for the Metro World Times hurried back to his office after a coffee break. He hoped to avoid another confrontation with twenty-nine-year-old Jade McKennah, the paper's most aggressive investigative reporter. She's a hell of a writer, he thought, but her people skills need work, a lot of work. And, the way she looks. She must sleep in her clothes, and her hair is a tangled mess. Jade remembered Murray's hurtful comment, "Jade, you look like a train wreck." You represent this newspaper to the public at large and I want you to look good, you know, attractive. Who knows, with a new look you might get a raise and some juicy assignments. Now, get out of my office, take a vacation, go to Ireland, visit your Grandma and write that story. If I hear one more objection from you and you're fired. Is that clear?" Horns of a dilemma