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“I’m trying to—”
“No, I heard you.” She stared back at him as if she were shooting daggers. “You want to steal Jordan from me?”
“Hear me out.” He pushed his shoulders back as he pressed on. “Being a General Manager is a promotion for her. And you know I can’t be there most of the time, and then of course there are the away games… What I’m saying is, as my General Manager, she’d be running the place on her own. She would be the boss.”
Talia nodded. “And she is a natural at that.”
“At The Sin Bin, she can’t move up from where she’s at. If she’s happy with that, I won’t push. But I want to at least offer her this opportunity.”
Talia didn’t say anything. Dakota’s cries filtered through the baby monitor.
Harrison walked through the room. “I’ll get her.”
Talia stood up, held up her hand to stop Harrison in place. “No, it’s fine. I’ll do it.” She hurried out of the room to the crying baby.
“Well.” Harrison laughed. “Looks like she’s handling the news well.”
Noah dropped his head into his hands. “Ugh. She hates me.”
“Want a beer?” Harrison asked, as he walked towards the kitchen.
“Yes, please,” Noah called to him. “Why didn’t you stop me?”
Harrison returned to the table, handed Noah the beer, and sat across from him. “Because as much as I don’t want to lose Jordan, I think this is a great opportunity for her. And I know that after Tal thinks it over, she will agree.”
“I’m not so sure.” He took a long drink of the cold beer.
“Trust me, she’ll come around.”
“Even if she does, and let’s say I miraculously don’t lose her friendship over this, none of this matters if Jordan turns down the job. And I’m sure she will.”
“Why wouldn’t she take the job?” Talia asked, as she entered the room. There was no anger on her face as he had expected.
“Why? Because she is loyal to The Sin Bin and to you,” he said cautiously. “And that’s fine.”
“No, it’s not fine,” Talia said firmly. “A job as a General Manager is a wonderful opportunity. And she’d better take it.”
Noah looked from Talia to Harrison in confusion.
“Dude, I told you,” Harrison said with a grin.
Talia sat down in her husband’s lap. “Noah, get that deer in headlights look off your face. You came in here looking terrified. My God, what did you think I was going to do?”
“I don’t know.” He shrugged. “This is Jordan we’re talking about. She’s your star employee, the kind you could entrust the restaurant to while you’re unavailable, and never worry.”
“Yes, I know. And she trained Emily, so I know I’m in good hands. But kudos for coming to me, owner to owner.”
“I was thinking more friend to friend.”
She smiled at him. “See, I was right. You are one of the good ones.”
Now all he had to do was try to convince Jordan to accept the job.
CHAPTER FIVE
Jordan
Jordan paced the restaurant floor, waiting for a call from her sister. Donna and her family were coming into town today. She checked her watch for the twentieth time, as she helped bus a table.
