Advance payment please! – Act II

The scene opens with me on my cellphone.
“Hey John, just checking on the status on that invoice”
“Oh, it was submitted”
“Great!”
A few weeks later…
“Hey John, just checking on the status of that invoice”
“Oh, the Director is in Barbados. she should be back in a few weeks and the payment will be made”
“Great”
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