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Phoebe groaned and dropped her head to her desk, piled high with letters and papers. Just then, Elise knocked on her door and entered. "Phoebe, look at you! You're waist deep in work. Why don't you take the weekend off? You could take the girls somewhere or something. I hate to see you so stressed like this." Elise gave Phoebe a concerning look.
"Oh Elise, I can't do that, not now. You're as busy as ever. Some one has to give all these people advice." Phoebe gestured to a pile of letters.
"We can find someone to take over. We did it before, we can do it again. If you're going to take over my job next year, you'd better learn to control your stress."
"But Elise, last time was over ten years ago. Besides, it was Leslie that took over. I doubt you could find someone to do as good a job as he did."
"But wait, we coul-"
"And you are not going to call him in again. Do you remember what happened last time? I'm married now, I don't think I could handle seeing him. Besides, he's busy at his own paper."
"Fine. We'll find someone else. But please, please, please take a couple of days off, for your own good. We'll find someone, I promise."
Phoebe thought about it for a second. "Alright, but no more than a weekend. I guess I do need some time away..."
"Perfect. Just leave everything where it is."