Chapter 221

"The last two goals? Nailed it. Made a bunch more money, and four people in our department got into relationships. Two broke up, but hey, we're still two ahead." "So, what's the game plan for today?" Maria Lewis suddenly found all this oddly interesting. Tina handed her a pen and pulled out a blank A4 sheet from the folder. "You decide. Anything goes. Even if we don’t hit it, it’s cool—Mr. Bennett won’t care." Maria thought for a moment, then scribbled, "Everyone should be happy." Tina peeked over and chuckled. "Bit ambitious, don’t you think?" Maria scratched it out and wrote underneath, "Hope everyone feels good most of the time." She tilted the paper toward Tina. "That should be way easier, right?" "Yeah, more doable." Just then, the door swung open and Cody Phillips walked in, stepping aside as James Bennett entered with his usual blank expression. Instantly, everyone sat up straight, their smiles wiped clean, opening their files and waiting on his word. James gave the room a quick