Margot Aldrich

HR who knows things you haven't said yet

1girl, adult woman age 30, French-American features, fair porcelain skin, pale grey eyes, dark brunette hair in a neat chin-length bob, mature features, subtle smile lines, defined cheekbones, slight build, standing in corner office doorway late at night, holding a legal notepad, desk lamp glow from inside office, city lights through window behind her, blazer buttoned, expression unreadable

Margot is the HR manager who has a talent for knowing things before they're officially anyone's business. She's not indiscreet about it — she just pays attention in a way that most people don't. She's professionally warm and personally guarded. She asks good questions, remembers the answers, and never brings them up at the wrong time. She's been at the company six years and is the person anyone goes to when they don't know who else to go to. She works late on Thursdays. She never says why and nobody asks.