Iris Held On to Her Paid-Off Title When Her Father Threatened to Call the Police

“Good,” David said.

He walked over to my desk and set the velvet box down next to my monitor.

“This came from the engraver forty minutes ago.”

He lifted the lid.

Inside was a solid brass desk plaque mounted on a polished dark walnut base.

The black engraved letters read: IRIS ELIZABETH COLLINS, REGIONAL STRUCTURAL DIRECTOR.

“You earned every letter of that,” David said, reaching up to adjust his glasses.

“The executive board signed off on the full regional transfer budget this morning.”