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“Rasheed has about five people in mind, and you’re on his shortlist because of your experience at the church warehouse—even though the Christmastown warehouse is ten times bigger.”
It had been a week since Levi had received the email from his cousin about the Christmastown expansion to inland Georgia and potentially westward to Alabama and northward to Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Savannah would still be the holiday decorating company’s headquarters, but metropolitan Atlanta was a bigger distribution hub if Christmastown were to expand to the entire southeast instead of just along coastal Georgia.
Cyrus was ambitious about growing their family business, and he wanted Levi involved in it. It wasn’t a shoo-in, to be sure, because Levi had to meet with Rasheed Bolton. If Levi failed the interview with Rasheed, his bachelor’s degree in business administration and ten years of warehouse management skills would mean nothing.
“Could I let you know after Christmas?” Levi boldly asked, knowing it could be the end of the job prospect.
“One month from now? Sure. We’re not interviewing until the second week of January so you have time.”
“Great. Thank you.”
“You pray about it thoroughly. If you think the Lord is leading you to us—maybe to provide more salary and health insurance to support your future wife and kids—then click on the link I emailed you and submit your résumé.”
Future wife and kids?
Right now, Levi was merely trying to get back into dating.
Then again, there were logistics involved. Levi wondered if he should seriously consider getting into Christmastown early—before they found a location to build their new warehouse. Thenhe could be on the search committee to find the right warehouse site that wouldn’t be too far away from his current life. Metro Atlanta was a huge place, and if the warehouse ended up being far away from downtown Atlanta, it could mean a long commute to church for Levi.
He wanted to continue attending Midtown Chapel and have easy access to the church—and to Maggie at the women’s ministry office.
Oh, and Forsythia too. Let’s not forget the dream date.
On the other hand, even if he was the cousin of the company president, it didn’t mean Levi could move the needle in their corporate decisions. If Levi waited until Christmastown confirmed the location of the new warehouse, he could then decide whether he should bother applying for the position as their new warehouse manager.
After all, he loved his job at the Midtown warehouse. It was small, but it served the church ministries. Levi couldn’t expect a pay raise because the church relied on donations to run the warehouse, but Levi had less stress working there and therefore could spend more time with Maggie?—
Oh, and getting his dream date.
In that split second, Levi began to doubt himself. Did he really want to chase after Forsythia when he made almost all of his decisions with his one and only best friend, Maggie, in mind?
Speaking of whom, his buddy was inside the community center right now with Alden, and he had to go look and see. He turned around and headed toward the community center.
“I’m not hurrying you, Levi,” Cyrus said.
“I know.”
“I’m also not trying to recruit you even though your skillset matches what we need in next year’s expansion to the southeast with Atlanta as a hub.”
“Thank you for considering me at all.”
“I’ve known you since you were born, and I know that when you can’t decide which way to go, you sometimes come to a standstill at the fork in the road, and you don’t move for a long time.”
“You know me well, cousin.”
“When you pray about this potential, consider the bigger picture that God might have in mind.”
“I will pray about the pros and cons.”
“If there is no one to take over your job at the church warehouse, then you might choose to stay there,” Cyrus said. “If you think you can continue to serve God in our Christian company—even though we do sell secular Christmas decorations in addition to all the religious ones—then give us a shot.”
“I get it. Thank you, Cyrus. I appreciate you for taking the pressure off me in this decision.” Levi didn’t lower his voice when he reached the warehouse entrance. “Regardless of the outcome, may all glory go to God.”
“All I want to hear.”
“I’ll let you go, Cy.”I’m on a rescue mission.
Levi hung up. As he entered the community center, his eyes scanned left and right for Maggie. Hmm. Maybe she was in the storage room looking for lights and ornaments.
