--- Two Weeks Later ---
Erik and LaNyah fell into a regular routine as they made way on the audit. LaNyah moved back into her office last week after Erik spent the previous week on the accounting floor working from her office. They still met for their meetings, and on those days, LaNyah worked out of the conference room. Stacey joined both of them for lunch, as they all got to know each other better. LaNyah finally had some friends other than Ashley and Green, and that was exciting for her.
Stacey and Erik watched as LaNyah adapted to the new routine and found her footing. There have not been any repeat instances like at their first meeting. Nevertheless, Stacey has been keeping a watchful eye over them both.
It is a typical non-meeting day on the top floor of GBI. Erik comes out of the office, headed towards the coffee station, passing Stacey's desk along the way. "Hey Boss Man, got a minute?"
"Yeah, let me set this up first," Erik makes his selection and starts the brew. Walking over to Stacey, "What's up?"
"You never mentioned what you saw from her office. Inquiring minds want to know."
"Oh that?" The machine gurgles and sputters to a stop; she waves him away. Erik goes to grab his coffee, he walks back over, taking a sip before leaning over her desk. "Well, your former team is boring as fuck." Stacey spits out her tea.
She grabs a napkin to start cleaning up the mess on her keyboard. "That was not what I was expecting to hear from you, but go on."
"Well, while I was observing everyone. I was checking out their login access to the database and their computer activity." He takes another drink of his coffee, "Thank you for that, by the way." Stacey nods her head. "No one is doing anything out of the ordinary; all the analysts and techs check out. Typical boring number crunchers."
"Not LaNyah," Stacey mumbles to herself. "Really, everyone?" She inquires aloud, "Even Mr. Walking Harassment Suit?" Erik chokes up on his coffee, "Sorry, but that is the best way to describe him after I found all that shit in his file."
"I heard that, Stace. Don't start that again." Her green eyes glance up at him over her tea, "You know what you said. And no, she's not boring, but she fits in with them, that's for sure." He puts his coffee down, tapping his chin, "Actually, do you have some time? I want to pick your brain about a few things before I make my final assessments of everyone."
"Yeah, I'm available. Give me a few minutes to gather some things, and I will join you." Erik nods and walks over to his office.
Setting his mug down, Erik reaches for his investigation notes on LaNyah's team. He opens it up to the page with all their names and positions. Stacey walks in and sits on the couch in front of the coffee table. She sets down her own information. Erik's eyes go wide as he studies the thickness of the folder.
"Oh, I see we came prepared." Walking over to one of the chairs by the couch, "You knew I would be coming to you for info?"
"Who else would you go to, Erik?" He laughs at her smart ass remark. She grabs her pen and a note pad, "Where do you want to start?"
Erik and Stacey spent the next two hours discussing her former team - backgrounds, experience, position roles, and salaries. Stacey filled in the blanks that Erik had about a few people. Stacey discovered that everyone did just enough and not more than what was required of them, even LaNyah. But she understood that it was different for her than the others. Each of her former team members could have all moved up in the company with all the opportunities GBI affords. None of them applied for or wanted to move, just content in their position and status at GBI.
