I‘m not allowed to leave.Well, that‘s sort of why I wanted to meet … We think that it might be best for everyone right now if you took a leave of absence from your column.Best for everyone? I repeat. How is losing my job best for me?It‘s temporary, Emma. Just until this … blows over. Surely you understand,Tanya explains. We can‘t really endorse advice fromFrom a writer whose son was accused of murder? I finish for her. I write anonymously. No one knows about me, much less Jacob.For how long? We‘re in the news business. Someone‘s going to dig this up, and then we‘ll be the ones who look like idiots.By all means, I say hotly. We wouldn‘t want you to look like idiots.We‘re not cutting you off. Bob‘s agreed to keep you at half salary plus benefits if you do freelance editing of the Sunday section for us in return.Is this the part where I‘m supposed to fall to my knees in gratitude? I ask.She is quiet for a moment. For what it‘s worth, Emma, Tanya says, you‘re the last person in the world who deserves this.
