Intercept Furman.

You’re not keen on others in the office finding out about Sabrina’s side work. If Mr. Furman catches her, she’s likely to be fired on the spot. You decide to take the bullet and get caught for her sake. You slip out of the cubicle and stand up in the aisle. Furman spots you as soon as you stand up above the cubicle walls.

“John! What are you doing out here?” he asks.There is a clatter of noise in Sabrina’s cubicle. She must have been startled by Furman’s shout. Your supervisor turns towards the noise. “What was that?”

You get to the cubicle before Furman does and find Sabrina under the desk desperately trying to pull her dress back on. “It’s Sabrina, Mr. Furman. She fell in her chair,” you lie. “It’s OK, I’ll help her up…” You go in and signal for Sabrina to get her dress back on while you obscure her view from the approaching supervisor.

By the time Mr. Furman makes his way around to Sabrina’s cubicle, she is back on her feet, straightening out her dress.

“Sabrina, are you alright?” he asks.

“I’m fine, thank you. I feel so embarrassed being such a spaz like that!” she replies.

Mr. Furman looks at Sabrina’s outfit and frowns. “This isn’t appropriate attire for the workplace, Sabrina.” he chastises.

“I’m sorry, sir. I was just… going out for lunch with someone and wanted to change for the occasion…”

Mr. Furman checks his watch. “Well, your lunch hour is ticking by, I suggest you do that and be back in your office attire when you get back.”

“Yes sir,” Sabrina says.

“As for you John, how is the compiling going?” Furman asks you.

“We’ll have it done by the end of the day, sir,” you report.

“Mhm…” Furman frowns. “Because I was just in the utility room with Gemma and it looks like you two are running behind. I was expecting better output from you, young man.”

“I’m sorry sir, I’m headed right there to pick up the slack,” you tell him.

“This project is very important, John,” he say, then looks at Sabrina. “I’m going to assign Sabrina to join you and speed things along.”

You look at Sabrina and she looks back at you. You can tell that she doesn’t want to be on the assignment from the look on her face.

“Sir, I’m sure me and Gemma can handle it without pulling more resources,” you tell your boss.

“John, you need to work on your time management,” Furman states with a sigh. “The two of you will be on that all night. With Sabrina helping you, you may be able to get out of here by late evening. After your lunch, of course, Sabrina” Furman nods to the female intern.

“Yes sir…” Sabrina reluctantly agrees.

Furman gives you and Sabrina a curt nod and says, “See to it then.” He moves off to his own business.

After he leaves the two of you alone, Sabrina asks you, “How much did you see?”