# Yes-But / No-And Outcome Audit — Chapter 20

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- June says `NO` to Tasker, `AND` keeps professional respect and sends Asha: "The no is mine... If the program ever needs freelance install..." plus "Asha Ibrahim."
- June says `YES` to New York, `BUT` takes a colder room and a blank February: "$340 room... no real heat" and "FEB = coat."
- Ruth/Sam say `YES` to helping, `BUT` do not advise or solve the decision: "We have a car" and "hand truck."
- Asha says `YES` to being recommended, `BUT` refuses guilt laundering: "If you're trying to feel less bad, don't."
- Nia accepts the no, `AND` still extracts a usable referral before payroll.

Strongest flat-success candidate: Asha's fast yes plus Nia's quick acceptance. It survives because Asha's condition and Nia's "worse offer" both resist easy moral comfort.

Chapter verdict: `YES-BUT-NO-AND-PRESENT`.

REVISION ORDERS: none.
