“Come see me as soon as you get in. R.” She dropped her briefcase on the floor beside her desk and went to Ray Gilder’s office.“Seems the Underwoods are in for it,” he said. “You had a line on this a couple of days ago. Barber-Smith, Incorporated is trying a hostile takeover of Dreams. Something peculiar about it. I’d like to know how Kate Smallens got into the picture. That woman seems to make a living by being popular. See what you can get.”“I’ll do what I can,” she said.He narrowed his left eye. “You’ll do…what kind of response is that? If you don’t want to write it, I’ve got reporters who’d love to. Come to think of it, I don’t want that in your column. Give me a straight story on it.”“I’ll get to work on it, and that means I have to get that story and write my column, too.”“Yep. That’s what it means, but it shouldn’t make you sweat, you love challenges.”Maybe, but she certainly didn’t welcome this one. She went back to her office and telephoned Ashton.
