{"id":523,"date":"2026-01-03T20:44:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T20:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/to-cut-a-long-story-short-archer-jeffrey\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T20:44:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T20:44:31","slug":"to-cut-a-long-story-short-archer-jeffrey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/to-cut-a-long-story-short-archer-jeffrey\/","title":{"rendered":"To Cut a Long Story Short – Archer, Jeffrey"},"content":{"rendered":"
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D<\/span><\/b>IANA HAD BEEN HOPING to get away by 5:00, so
\nshe could be at the farm in time for dinner.<\/span><\/p>\n

She tried not to show her true feelings when
\nat 4:37 her deputy, Phil Haskins, presented her with a complex twelve-page
\ndocument that required the signature of a director before it could be sent out
\nto the client. Haskins didn\u2019t hesitate to remind her that they had lost two
\nsimilar contracts that week.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was always the same on a Friday. The
\nphones would go quiet in the middle of the afternoon and then, just as she
\nthought she could slip away, an authorization would land on her desk. One
\nglance at this particular document and Diana knew there would be no chance of
\nescaping before 6:00.<\/span><\/p>\n

The demands of being a single parent as well
\nas a director of a small but thriving City company meant there were few moments
\nleft in any day to relax, so when it came to the one weekend in four that James
\nand Caroline spent with her ex-husband, Diana would try to leave the office a
\nlittle earlier than usual to avoid getting snarled up in the weekend traffic.<\/span><\/p>\n

She read through the first page slowly and
\nmade a couple of emendations, aware that any mistake made hastily on a Friday
\nevening could be regretted in the weeks to come. She glanced at the clock on
\nher desk as she signed the final page of the document. It was just showing
\n5:51.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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