"Pah! When we came in, you two were going at it hot and heavy. Besides, if you were just 'talking business,' shouldn't you be in an office? Coming to a place like this for that? Do you take us for fools?" Goldie Thorne cursed.
Adrian Hawthorne shouted from outside, "That man also said he'd guarantee this hussy gets transferred to the town office this year, and he'd guarantee she gets rated 'excellent' again. No wonder this hussy can't even teach one-two-three-four, yet she's named 'excellent' year after year!"
Of course, Phoenix Golding and the man couldn't possibly have said such things. They were too busy getting it on; they wouldn't have had the slightest inclination to discuss proper business. Adrian Hawthorne had said it on purpose. The more furious the crowd became, the deeper the trouble Phoenix Golding would be in.
