Amy is not by nature confrontational. I had never heard her raise her voice, so when she rebutted me that day, I was caught off guard. She was the director of OLA, not me, she asserted. I tried to steady myself. Her assertiveness had taken me by surprise. “You’re the acting director of OLA,” I reminded her. Our relationship never fully recovered after that confrontation. It was clear to her and to me, from that day on, that my loyalty was to Mark and not to my former colleagues in legislative affairs.
