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THE MAINE EVENT

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süßesGeheimnis,unddieNervenliegenblank.VonKATHRINENKE

THETEAM:

MaleolmMaine{A},theboss.English,54.

SandraPope(8),eventmanager.American,37.

ElaineStevens(e),customerrelationsmanager.English,50.

leffBennett(0),systemsadministrator.American,39.

RodrigoPerez(E),graphiedeSigner.Spanish,38.

OFFICETALK lANGUAGE.

"Something

isgoing on,

and I intend

tofind out

what itis"

Malcolmneedsto know

Malcolm:Elaine,haveyouseenmyootebookIyingabout?

Elaine:No,I haven't.Haveyoucheckedthe1-

Maleolm:UrritatedJYou'renotgoingtosay'~./.QQ".areyou?

Elaioe:No,oo!Iwasgoingtosay...er..."laserprinter".

Maleolm: Iwish all of you WQuid just ferget thatsilly

incideot.I hardlyeversurftheinternetin there,youknow.

Itwasjustthatonetime.

Elaine:Cfcourse,Malcolm.

Mak:olm:I'mjustgoingtoignorethatnoteofsarcasmin

yourvoice.Speakingofignore,haveyouseenSandra?

Elaine:Er...Sandra'scominginabitlater

today- didn'tshetellyou?

Maleolm:No,andwhyshouldshe?I'mjust

theboss.

Elaine:Shemust'veforgottentomentionit.

Malcolm:She'sbeen"forgetting"aIotlately.

IfIdidn'tknowbetter, I'dsayshewas

avoidingmeentirelythesedays.

Elalne:I'msurethat'snotthecase.

Malcolm:Comeon,what'sreallygoingon?

She's lookingforanotherjob, isn'tshe?

BecauseIfiredherhusband?

Elaine:N...no!Sandra'sveryhappyhere.

Malcolm:Weil,then,whyisitthateverytimeIseeher,she

lookslikeshe'saboutreadyto~?

Elaine:You·reimaginingthings.

Malcolm:MaybeIam,butsomethingis definitelygOlngon,

and IintendtofindoutwhatiIiso

Elaine:Oh,look!It'sSandra.

Sandra:Goodmarning,youtwo!

Malcolm:[sarcastic]Goodmarning!Whata surprise!

Elaine:Howareyou,dear?

Sandra:Fine,fine.So,what'sgoingonhere?

Elaine:Malcolmwasjustlookingforhisnotebook.

Sandra:Ah.Haveyoulookedinthe1-

Malcolm:[angry]Don'tsayit!

Sandra:Oops.BadffiQQ.d.,eh?

Malcolm:Iwanderwhy!fleaves,~dOOf]

Sandra:Wow!What'sgottenintohim?

Elalne:You.You'vegottotellhim.It'sbeentwomonths.

Sandra:Iknow,Ikoow...Ijustwaotedtowaituntilafter

mydoclor'sappointmentthismorning.

Elaioe:Iwasthinkiogofyou.Howwasit?

Saodra:Fine.Icouldseeit movingaround,

wavingitsarmsandlegs.Itlooksasthough

I'mreallygoing 10 haveababy.

Elaine:Howlovely!I justwishthingswere

lookingbetterforyouandStewartrightoow.

Sandra:SodoLSodaI.

Elaine:Oh,dear...Whataboutwork?Have

youthoughtaboutwhatyouwanttodo?

Sandra:!t'snota matterofwhatI"want"at

all.Aftermymaternjtyleave,1'11havetoput

thebabyindaycare.lI'{ecan'laffordtoda

withoutmy salary now, and wecertainly

can'tafforda nanoy.We'l1probablyevenlosethehause!

Elaine:Goodheavens!That'sterrlble!

Sandra:Yes.ThisisootatallhowI imaginedthingsturn-

ingoutferus.But,nevermind.Ihavetogointothe

lion'sdeooowandlellMalcolmthetruth.Wishmeluck.

Malcolm:[comesin, laughing]Elaine,you'lIneverguess

whereJefffoundmynoteboak.

Elaine:Where?

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