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Everyone waited for Laura to reply,but she couldn’t th<strong>in</strong>k <strong>of</strong> anyth<strong>in</strong>g tosay. So she just sat there. Bl<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g. Alleyes on her. Her clients shift<strong>in</strong>g uneasily<strong>in</strong> their seats. Her thoughts runn<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong> a familiar loop: I’m too quiet for thisk<strong>in</strong>d <strong>of</strong> th<strong>in</strong>g, too unassum<strong>in</strong>g, too cerebral.She imag<strong>in</strong>ed the person whowould be better equipped to save theday: someone bold, smooth, ready topound the table. In middle school thisperson, unlike Laura, would have beencalled “outgo<strong>in</strong>g,” the highest accoladeher seventh-grade classmates knew,higher even than “pretty,” for a girl, or“athletic,” for a guy. Laura promisedherself that she only had to make itthrough the day. Tomorrow she wouldgo look for another career.<strong>The</strong>n she remembered what I’d toldher aga<strong>in</strong> and aga<strong>in</strong>: she was an <strong>in</strong>trovert,and as such she had unique43/929

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