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That's what friends do
朋友就該這么做
Jack tossed the papers on my desk—his eyebrows knit into a straight line as he glared at me.
杰克把文件扔到我桌上，皺著眉頭，氣憤地瞪著我。
"What's wrong?" I asked.
“怎么了？”我問道。
He jabbed a finger at the proposal. "Next time you want to change anything, ask me first," he said, turning on his heels and leaving me stewing in anger.
他指著計劃書狠狠地說道：“下次想作什么改動前，先征求一下我的意見。”然后轉身走了，留下我一個人在那里生悶氣。
How dare he treat me like that, I thought. I had changed one long sentence, and corrected grammar, something I thought I was paid to do.
他怎么能這樣對我！我想，我只是改了一個長句，更正了語法錯誤，但這都是我的分內之事啊。
It's not that I hadn't been warned. Other women who had worked my job before me called Jack names I couldn't repeat. One coworker took me aside the first day. "He's personally responsible for two different secretaries leaving the firm," she whispered.
其實也有人提醒過我，上一任在我這個職位上工作的女士就曾大罵過他。我第一天上班時，就有同事把我拉到一旁小聲說：“已有兩個秘書因為他而辭職了。”
As the weeks went by, I grew to despise Jack. His actions made me question much that I believed in, such as turning the other cheek and loving your enemies. Jack quickly slapped a verbal insult on any cheek turned his way. I prayed about the situation, but to be honest, I wanted to put Jack in his place, not love him.
幾周后，我逐漸有些鄙視杰克了，而這又有悖于我的信條——別人打你左臉，右臉也轉過去讓他打；愛自己的敵人。但無論怎么做，總會挨杰克的罵。說真的，我很想滅滅他的囂張氣焰，而不是去愛他。我還為此默默祈禱過。
One day another of his episodes left me in tears. I stormed into his office, prepared to lose my job if needed, but not before I let the man know how I felt. I opened the door and Jack glanced up. “What?” he asked abruptly.
一天，因為一件事，我又被他氣哭了。我沖進他的辦公室，準備在被炒魷魚前讓他知道我的感受。我推開門，杰克抬頭看了我一眼。“有事嗎？”他突然說道。
Suddenly I knew what I had to do. After all, he deserved it.
我猛地意識到該怎么做了。畢竟，他罪有應得。
I sat across from him and said calmly, "Jack, the way you've been treating me is wrong. I've never had anyone speak to me that way. As a professional, it's wrong, and I can't allow it to continue."
我在他對面坐下：“杰克，你對待我的方式很有問題。還從沒有人像你那樣對我說話。作為一個職業人士，你這么做很愚蠢，我無法容忍這樣的事情再度發生。”
Jack snickered nervously and leaned back in his chair. I closed my eyes briefly. God help me, I prayed.
杰克不安地笑了笑，向后靠靠。我閉了一下眼睛，祈禱著，希望上帝能幫幫我。
"I want to make you a promise. I will be a friend," I said. "I will treat you as you deserve to be treated, with respect and kindness. You deserve that. Everybody does." I slipped out of the chair and closed the door behind me.
“我保證，可以成為你的朋友。你是我的上司，我自然會尊敬你，禮貌待你，這是我應做的。每個人都應得到如此禮遇。”我說著便起身離開，把門關上了。
