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Clay: I’m kidding – just, I found a broker. When will you beback in Portland?
“Who are you talking to at the speed of light?” Harrison came up behind me. We had just gotten to the bottom of the run and, even though I was strapped to my snowboard, I could feel my phone going off in my pocket. There were even more messages to look at, not just Clay’s, his was just the first one I had opened.
Other messages included Jamie, Milo, and Bennett.
“My accountant. He wants to fly out and take a look at the company.” I used my teeth to pull off my other glove. “And your sister, and my friend.”
“You’re an important man.” Harrison chuckled. Pulling off his hat and goggles, Harrison didn’t even look tired. Snow was stuck to his beard in certain places, and his messy brown hair was sticking up in all directions – but the man looked happy. “Is Jamie still at the rink?”
I opened up her message thread to see a picture of her and her nephews, all with large smiles on their faces in the middle of the ice-skating rink. Just seeing her happy made my breath stop.
“Yeah, she is,” I replied. Typing a quick response before opening Bennett’s text next.
Bennett: I need you to check your email ASAP. AND THEN CALL ME.
Following his directions, I opened my email.
“Holy shit . . .” I mumbled, reading the email subject five times over.
Harrison twisted his head at me. “What?”
I shook my head, closing out the email before reading the body. With a subject likeSavaged Whittakers Proposal – time sensitivemy brain went on full anxiety mode. I opened the messages back to Bennett’s.
Me:On the mountain, call you as soon as I get back to the cabin.
Swiping up I texted Jamie the second after.
Me: Meet for coffee. Big news.
Jamie: Of course. Where are you?
Me: Just got off the run. Let me unhook and meet you at Roasters?
Jamie: See you there.
Stuffing my phone back into my coat pocket, I bent over to unhook my boots from the snowboard before hoisting it over my shoulder.
“Going to meet Jamie?” Harrison asked, twisting his body back towards the lift.
“Yeah, you coming?”Please say no . . .
“Nah, I’m going down a few more times.”
Yes!
“Alright man, see you soon,” I said over my shoulder as I took off towards the coffee house.
I dropped my snowboard outside the door, pulled my beanie from my head and walked inside. It was crowded, but I spotted Jamie instantly. She was with Jillian and the twins, sitting at a booth with her hands wrapped around her paper cup of coffee. She had a huge smile on her face as she talked to her sister, laughing and nodding along with Jillian’s story. I didn’t even hesitate or consider going to the counter, I went directly to her—the email burning its way through my phone, just waiting to be read.
“Hey, Elliot.” Jillian smiled up at me. Jamie’s attention turned to me, and her smile widened, if possible. “How were the runs?”
“Great! It was great to be snowboarding again. Jamie . . .” I spoke quickly, looking at Jillian and then back to Jamie. “Big news . . . and I haven’t opened the email yet.”
Jamie sat up, her attention peaked. Jillian watched our exchange, growing curious in it as well. “Good, big news?” Jamie asked, her eyebrows raising.
“Well, I haven’t read the email yet, but Bennett says I need to call him right away and the subject line is promising.”
“Okay I’m invested, read the damn email.” Jillian shifted in her seat.
