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“Pizza sounds good. I’ll be home by six.”
“Then I’ll see you then,” she said, standing up.
The minute she did, his hand came across her ass. She yelped and then turned to look at his smirk. “I couldn’t resist,” he said.
“I might have to pay you back for that later.”
“I hope you do.”
24
Made The Time
“What’s going on with Jasmine?” his mother asked him a few hours later.
“Nothing,” he said. “Why?”
He’d walked over to see her in her office. They’d been talking about her marketing budget when Jasmine stopped in. He figured it was time to finish that meeting.
“She doesn’t normally stop in like that out of the blue, right?”
“She has before,” he said.
“Oh,” his mother said. “I hadn’t realized. You’ve never said anything.”
“I didn’t know I had to.”
“Don’t be a wise guy,” his mother said.
“You just don’t like not knowing everything,” he said.
“That is true. I’m assuming you returned to finish our meeting?”
“I did,” he said. “Unless you’ve got something else going on. I figured the lunch rush was all done.”
“For the most part. I know things are looking good in the restaurant. I’m keeping track of my own expenses and revenue.”
“They are,” he said. “I’ve asked Patty to give me separate reports for now. This is one business, but I’d like to see where we might have issues in the future or things to look at.”
Patty was the accountant that had worked for the marina for the past five years.
At first he’d worried there’d be someone older doing things not up to par but was pleasantly surprised to find that wasn’t the case.
The books were in great shape and managed well. Patty was a gem to work for, in her mid-forties, with a lot of experience and on top of everything.
She was eager to please and he’d given her a raise to make sure she stayed. He needed her more than she needed the job, or at least that was his opinion. There were some people he just wasn’t willing to let go of right now. She’d later confided in him that if she could work for Ryan Whitney and stay as long as she had, she could work for anyone.
“Hopefully no issues,” his mother said. “But I understand that once the late fall and winter hit, the business in the restaurant will decrease.”
“Patty said business is higher this year than any other year at this time. It’s been a record couple of months.” He grinned at his mother’s smile. “I’m not sure if it’s because we are new and people want to check us out, if the food is better, if it’s the menu or any other reason.”
“All of the above,” his mother said. “But I know it will go down. I’m trying to come up with ideas to keep it busy in the winter and slower times. I’ve got a handful of them.”
“That are going to cost money?” he asked.
“Yes. I’m not drawing a salary for those very reasons. Those reports you are getting, are they factoring that in?”
“It’s only revenue and expenses that were level or equal to last year. I had her back out the owners’ salaries from all comparison reports prior to our ownership.”
