Professionals Reading Bingo: Women of CI5

[golden-bastet.livejournal.com]

Aaaand, for someone with no time, I seem to be on a roll! (Though I will pay for this later, LOL.)

This entry is Betty Knows Best by JoJo - a day in the life of Betty.

Betty's role is senior secretarial support (now known as executive admin assistant) for CI5. She's intelligent, fast, and efficient; as she herself says, "utterly invaluable to my boss." She does it all: anticipates her boss's needs, respects the "girls" in the typing pool, understands the female agents, and has both 4.5 and 3.7's numbers.

And yes - like any good secretary, she knows where the skeletons are hidden.

All of them.

But no one seems to see her - or just see her as an extension of their own worlds. So what exactly does she get out of being senior secretarial support for CI5?

It's the answer to that - which is very much the reason why I like this story. :D

I'm thoroughly enjoying the glance through some stories that I haven't had a chance to read before. So thank you for that, byslantedlight :D

Comments

[fiorenza-a.livejournal.com]

I so wish Betty had stayed in the series, I really liked her as a character.

I wrote a slightly risque Betty drabble - I haven't archived it anywhere yet, but this seems a perfect moment to share it:

"So what is he like, this Bodie?" Betty had asked, shuffling the papers on Cowley's desk into some semblance of order, before stacking them neatly in her arms.
"By all accounts, a handful," Cowley had replied, "with an eye for the ladies. So brook no nonsense, it can only end badly."
"Did he really say that?" grinned Bodie.
"More or less," Betty grinned back, "he thought you would corrupt me."
"And have I?" asked Bodie, trailing kisses between her breasts.
"No," breathed Betty confidently, reaching out to the tousled head hovering somewhere below her navel, "but I think Doyle has."

[golden-bastet.livejournal.com]

"No," breathed Betty confidently, reaching out to the tousled head hovering somewhere below her navel, "but I think Doyle has."

LOL!!!!

I am so glad you committed that to paper (or at least pixels) - that is waay too funny to never be seen. Go, Betty!

[jat-sapphire.livejournal.com]

There's at least one other story in which Betty catches Bodie/Doyle, but I loved this one. Thank you!