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“Up here.” I leaned over the loft railing. “I’m coming down.”
I thundered down the stairs, hustling until I reached her.
“What were you doing?”
I lifted her onto the reception desk, placing her on my jacket.
“Forgot there are no chairs.” I offered her a taco.
She scooted over, and I perched beside her.
“What are we doing here?”
“It’s a quiet place to eat.” I popped a nacho in my mouth.
“And . . .”
I shrugged. “I’m not sure I can do this.”
She set her half-eaten taco on the wrapper in her lap. “What? The garage?”
“Yeah. I bought this place on an impulse. Which was stupid. I don’t know if I can get any business, let alone run it.”
“I’m not sure it was an impulse.”
I offered her a nacho. “I can afford it. That’s not the problem.”
“Then what is?” She licked a string of cheese from her finger.
“I don’t know shit about running a business.”
“Lots of people don’t when they start one.” She touched my arm. “Word is you’re a pretty good mechanic.”
“I can fix the hell out of a car. Or food truck.” I smirked, and she wiped a crumb from the corner of my mouth. “But I don’t know how to do bookkeeping or about tax laws.”
“Hire an accountant.”
I shifted, angling my legs toward her. “Did I ever tell you how I got into fixing up cars?”
“You loved them?”
“I am a sucker for old ones. But I like figuring out how things work. I was the kid who took apart the VCR.”
“What’s that?” She grinned, and I chucked her chin.
“My point is I’d be that way with accounting or whatever else it is. It’s hard for me to hand that stuff over to someone else. I want to know how to do it myself.”
“Talk to Vivian. She’s an accountant. She could teach you the basics.” Our neighbors had been more than willing to help us out. I hated to ask for something from anyone, especially when they were already so generous with the rent. But Baker was right. It wouldn’t hurt to talk to her.
“What if I get sidetracked? I’m always chasing shiny balls.”
“If that were true, wouldn’t you have had a million jobs? All you’ve ever been is a park ranger and mechanic, right?”
“I was in college for six years because I couldn’t decide what I wanted to do.”
“I didn’t even finish.” She reached into the bag for another taco, but refused to look at me.
“It’s not for everyone.”
