"A bonus for me?" Grace Winslow was a little stunned.
Oscar Osborne had to explain, "The Commercial Bureau has only been around for the past couple of years. We only started working on the export side of things this year, but progress has been slow."
"Oakhaven and Wesport are doing a little better, but we're doing even worse here."
"You did Chief Grant a huge favor this time. The results he's produced are enough for him to get a promotion."
"If performance is good this year, he could potentially become a chief in Coronet, and the prestige that comes with that position is no joke."
"Just take the money. An official application was filed for it, so you don't need to feel bad about it."
Hearing Oscar Osborne's explanation, Grace Winslow finally breathed a small sigh of relief.
'She'd thought it was something Ethan Grant gave her privately.'
"In that case, I'll accept it."
With this extra sum of money, Grace Winslow calculated that she had almost saved up enough to buy a house.
