"Or else!"

Linda could feel her legs giving in to the pressure. "Director, I...where on earth am I going to find ten thousand dollars?" she pleaded, on the brink of tears. "My boyfriend has just broken up with me so I won't be getting any allowance from him anymore. I have to pay the loan for my car and my apartment all by myself now, and the twenty thousand I am earning each month isn't even enough for those. I don't have any savings for this."

The Design Director rolled her eyes at Linda and