1. That was it!


    Date: 4/5/2024, Categories: Loving Wives, Author: byLJA644

    ... would take to do the repair, or I could offer them a house that was already completed as a direct exchange. To sweeten the deal the new house was slightly larger and had an extra bedroom, but the proviso was but they kept the details of the reason for the move a secret. They agreed, but it was nothing we could really enforce. Good. The damage was done, people would see us doing work. But it was all about recovery now.
    
    Bob took me to my hotel. I was shattered but at least we had one happy ish customer. Now on to my other problem.
    
    I skyped Ellie after I had dinner. I wasn't looking forward to this. When I got through she looked quite happy. She told me she got to work at 7 o'clock. Julie gave her a lot of tips on how to handle difficult conversations. Julie had already booked an interview with the managing director for 8 o'clock when he got in. Ellie went and saw him and told him she'd been stupid and got carried away, she had let her husband down as well as the company. She would sort out the problem with her husband. She laid out her plans of what she had done from the company. The managing director gave her the okay but told her she was on a very thin tightrope.
    
    She told me she waited until everybody was in the office, probably thinking she wasn't going to come in again today. Then she burst through the door followed by a little HR woman with a notepad. She said her first words after coming through the door word "Right you lot, listen in. There are enough rumours ...
    ... around. I know what your game was, and I stupidly fell for it. You are going to wish you hadn't done that. From this moment on any mistake, deviation from policy, coming in late or sneaking off early even by one minute will be an instant formal warning. The second occurrence will be instant dismissal. You have been warned. Richard, my office right now."
    
    With the HR person present she laid the law down to Richard. She had to be a little bit careful because she was also part of the problem. But he left her office knowing full well his job was in danger.
    
    She guessed something would happen to give her an opportunity to show her colours. Just after the prescribed lunch time she walked around the office and found a bunch of chaps in the corner talking about football. "What has Tranmere Rovers got to do with building supplies? You lot are on your first formal warning violating company policy. You're here to work, not talk about football." That certainly grabbed their attention.
    
    She asked me how my day went. I told her it was okay​​. I would more than likely be home Friday lunchtime. I got a text from Julie which basically said Ellie had done okay ​​at work and how was I? I just replied with a simple. "Not good, but not bad."
    
    I offered the couple in the next house a similar deal. They were a little more awkward because they had just spent thousands of pounds on new white goods for the kitchen and the new house already had them fitted so basically, I had to pay them for ...
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