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She tossed him a thumb drive.“Check it out.”
He blinked and plugged it in.
The music roared, and the images of women doing domestic labour versus women in the gym.The split went back and forth during the song until it turned into a woman punching dough.The tagline:You’re doing it anyway...make it count.She watched his face, and he smiled.“Oh, that’s good.”
“Thanks.So, submit it for the pitch meeting.”She flapped her hands toward him.
“Nope.You submit it.”
She frowned.“That isn’t how it works.”
“I already submitted the video that Evans did.This is better, but I can’t submit two.”
“Oh.Disappointing.Right.Well, it was worth a shot.”She shrugged.
She headed back to her desk.
Her boss came by with the drive.“Submit it to the committee.That’s an order.”
She grimaced.“I hate submitting things directly.”
“I know, but do it.Trust me.You are worth it.The music kicks ass, by the way.Do we own it?”
“Not yet.Arrangements can be made.”
She looked at the email and sent it to the Women’s Day committee.She turned and glared.“Happy?”
“Yes.Thank you, also smug.”He swanned away from her desk with a grin.“You will know if you have been selected by the end of the day.”
“Delightful.That won’t be distracting at all.”
He grinned over his shoulder.“Deal with it.”
He left, and she tried to go back to working on tweaks requested for other campaigns.
She managed to concentrate after all.
She was packing up for the day, resigned to the fact that she didn’t get selected, and then her phone rang on her desk.“Eudora speaking.”
A male voice spoke.“Eudora?We have been trying to get a hold of you for the last hour.Your husband suggested we use your business line.”
“Um, ex-husband.”
“Ah.Oh.”
“Yeah, the phone was his in the prenup.It was extensive.Anyway, what can I do for you?”
“Your video is our choice for the company submission for Women’s Day.Who were you thinking to get sponsorship from?”
“There is a list of gyms in the file pack.Also, some community centres that have family programs.”
“Oh, wow.Right here.How long do you think it will take to complete the video?”
“With enough footage?Four days.I am going to ask legal to get clips from the parkour videos, as well as some of the alpha versus beta videos.”
“What about the model at the gym?”
“Oh.Uh.That was me.”
