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She sighed in defeat. “Fine. You have a deal, Miss Adams.” She held her hand out, and we shook on it. “I’m so glad Chase found you.”
I looked down at the table. “Yeah. I can fix everyone else’s problems except my own.”
“Everything is going to be okay in the end. I promise you. The love that Chase and you have for each other will carry you through anything. Look at how far it has gotten you both already. It seems like just yesterday he was driving you to physical therapy, and telling me how incredible you were.”
My eyebrows lifted. “Really?”
Tanner waltzed into the room. “Please. We’d have to sit through an entire dinner and listen to every detail about your conversations. I wanted to stab myself in the eye with my fork just to put myself out of my misery.”
Beverly laughed. She placed her hand on my shoulder. “When Chase fell in love with you, we all did, too.”
“Clearly,” I joked, gesturing to Tanner.
He grinned. “Come on. Let’s go hit the bags.”
I leaned over and gave Beverly a hug. “Everything is going to be okay for you, too, you know. You are not alone in this.”
She squeezed me tightly before letting me go.
Once we were inside Tanner’s car, I dialed Charlotte’s number on my phone.
“You’re calling her now?” he asked, nervous and excited at the same time.
I nodded, waiting for her to answer.
“Hello?”
“Hi, Charlotte. It’s Merritt.”
“Uh, hi, Merritt. What’s up? Is everything okay?”
“Yeah, everything is fine. I’m calling because I have a business proposition for you.”
It was silent on the other line while she tried to figure out what I was talking about. I covered my mouth, trying not to giggle, as Tanner hit my leg.
“What do you mean?” she asked.
“Beverly has been having a hard time with the shop ever since Tim passed.”
“Oh, no. That’s terrible.”
“We need an extra hand in there, but she can’t afford to hire someone. I remembered that you are a business major, and I figured I would take a shot in the dark to see if you would be interested in gaining some experience running a business. Tanner and I have the labor handled, but you would be helping Beverly behind the desk with her end of things. Think of it as an internship in a manager’s position.”
“Wow. A manager? That’s a lot to take on.”
“It’s really not, because you’d simply be assisting Beverly. You’d be like her right hand woman, and you’d oversee everything she does. It would be a great learning experience for you.”
It was silent again.
I knew I almost had her. “Look. I know you and Tanner are broken up, and I know you probably don’t want to see him. But you don’t have to worry about that, because he would be in the garage, and you’d be in a totally different area inside the office.”
I heard her blowing air out. “This would be a great opportunity. My dad doesn’t exactly involve me in what he does at the bakery.”
“Great. I’ll let Beverly know. Can you start tomorrow?”
“Tomorrow? Wow, so soon. Uh…”
Tanner and I held up our hands, crossing our fingers while we awaited her response.
