finallydecidedtoaskhisbossforasalaryraise．AlldayAndrewfeltnervous． 36 Mr．Larchmont
refusedto 37 hisrequest?Andrewhad 38 sohardinthelast18months．39 hedeservedawage
increase．
ThethoughtofwalkingintoLarchmont'sofficeleftAndrewweak 40 ．Lateintheafternoonhefinally
gatheredthe 41 toapproachhissuperior．Tohis 42 andsurprisetheever-frugal(一贯节省的)
HarveyLarchmontagreedtogiveAndrewa 43 !
Andrewarrivedhomethatevening 44 theirdiningtablesetwiththeirbestchinaandcandleslit．
HiswifeTinahadpreparedadelicatemeal 45 hisfavoritedishes．Immediatelyhe 46 someone
fromtheofficehadtippedheroff!
NexttohisplateAndrewfoundabeautifullettered 47 ．Itwasfromhiswifewhichread:" 48 my
love!Iknewyou'dgettheraise!IpreparedthisdinnertoshowjusthowmuchIloveyou．I'mso 49
ofyouraccomplishments!"Hereaditandstoppedto 50 howsensitiveandcaringTinawas．
AfterdinnerAndrewwasonhiswaytothekitchen 51 heobservedasecondcardhadslippedoutof
Tina'spocket．Hepickeditup．Itread:"Don'tworryaboutnotgettingtheraise!Youdodeserveone!
IpreparedthisdinnertoshowyoujusthowmuchIloveyou 52 youdidn'tgettheincrease．"
Tears 53 inAndrew'seyes．Totalacceptance!Tina'ssupportforhimwasnot 54 uponhis
successatwork．
Thefearofrejectionisoftensoftenedandwecanundergoalmostanysetbackorrejectionwhenwe
knowsomeoneloves
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