"Ambassador Henry..." Sheri addressed him with sincere reverence.
"Please call me Dennis."
"Dennis... I want to assist in giving these youth in Jamaica, the education they deserve without the threat of violence. But to be honest I've never delt with anything like this before. I don't want to make commitments to such a serious thing without comprehending what I'm actually getting involved with and how to meet the needs of the children coming in from the turmoil..." Sheri hoped her resistance wasn't coming off as if she was apathetic.
"Which brings us to the next phase of this proposal..." Mark said, glad she brought this concern up.
Sheri looked at Jill. Jill knew that Sheri was going to be forced into whatever plan the Governor and his wife had cooked up. Not that it was a bad plan but it became obvious that the Governor is taking advantage of the situation in Jamaica to use as a badge for his political resume.
Mark continued his presentation.
"Monica has been working closely with the ambassadors and some of their children who were taken in after the chaos erupted. She's heard many of the stories and has received a lot of different perspectives of the situation and how it has affected them. Monica has a sense of what these children are facing, so she can be in charge of them." Mark hopes that telling Sheri, she doesn't necessarily have to oversee the refugees, she won't be so intimidated to take them on.
"So Monica is going to visit the school and check up on them?..." That didn't seem like a valid solution to Sheri.
"No... I will be the new Vise principal of King Robert Andrews High School, and oversee all of the refugee students and help meet all their accommodations, while you continue with the other students and proceedings as usual." Monica chimed in.
"You 'will' be..." Sheri put special emphasis on the word "will" and looked at Monica incredulously.
"Yes... I'll assume my role and be in charge of my children and you don't have to worry... Like the governor said, your just a facilitator." Monica said no longer wanting to beat around the bush.
"Well I've already got two candidates that I have vetted and have to interview next week..." Sheri know this woman is not about to just assume she can have this job.
"Perfect! So it will look completely fair! After you interview them, you can email them shortly after saying 'Thank you for your time! Goodbye!'' Monica instructed, annoyed she had to break it down.
Sheri couldn't help but chuckle. Everyone watched her for a moment not sure if they should join in or stay silent. Sheri then got up from the table and said, "Excuse me. Can you point me in the direction of your restroom?" Sheri addressed George.
"Yes, right this way." George escorted Sheri out.
Everyone at the table looked at Monica in irritation. Why was she being so forceful? Was the question on everyone's mind.
Monica felt everyone's contentious gaze and cleared her throat.
"Well, I certainly needed a break from that conversation..." Monica chuckled.
Mark went to the ring feature on his phone and had it go off. Everyone looked at him.
"Oh! I gotta take this call. I'll be back." Mark said leaving the table and pretending to be on the phone.
Jill did not want to have to be forced into talking to Monica, to enable her to ease the awkwardness she caused, so she started an intimate conversation with Debra Henry.
Monica was trying to think of what to talk about with Dennis but he seemed irritated. She started to feel like she was getting boxed out. She wondered if it was something she said...