About the time I hung up the phone and tried to regain my composure , the big cheese emerged from his office . Both he and the receptionist saw there was something terribly wrong , so I had no choice but to tell them my dad had died . They offered to reschedule the meeting .

Options:
[a]. The narrator 's dad had died .;
[b]. The narrator feuding with the boss .;
[c]. The narrator was not prepared .;
[d]. None of the above choices .;
Q: Why did the boss allow the meeting to be rescheduled ?
[a].