brownies you’ve ever tasted!”
“I’ll take your word on that. This isn’t the best time.”
“Oh – why not?”
“Just had a pipe burst. No biggie. I’ll call you later.”
“Oh, but we’re on track time-wise?”
“Pretty much. Look, I’ve got to go, he said disconnecting.
“Looks like I’m free to help clean up anyway,” she said to Mary wondering what kind of pipe disaster they were having over at Elena’s.
“I can handle this on my own,” Mary said firmly. “You need to take a look at your time-line and see where you are. With and without Brad,” she said meaningfully.
She ignored the Brad part. She still needed a full-time manager. And a web page. And … “you’re sure you don’t want to be the manager?”
Mary shook her head firmly. “It’d just be on an interim basis until you got up and running. And you’ve got the financing now. You might as well hire someone from the start. Have you talked to Brad about setting up interviews yet?”
“I’d better. In fact I’d better start organizing an opening if we’re going to be up and running in two weeks. How are we going to cook all this stuff without a full kitchen?”
“I’ve talked to Grant about that already,” Mary said easily. “You’ll have a stripped down kitchen. But you’re right. Most of it will have to done off premises. I’ve already talked to a baker in town and he’s willing to do it for you. If that works?”
“It’s perfect,” Elena said enthusiastically.
“You can do the wraps up in advance and salads. Same thing with the breakfast burritos and sandwiches. Then you just nuke them.”
“What about the fruit kebabs,” Elena said doubtfully.
“That’s where it gets good,” Mary said excitedly. “You can set it up the same way you do a yogurt or ice-cream bar in the mall with an assortment of fruits for customers to make their own.”
“Sounds like fun,” Elena said.
“And I’ve got a state of the art ice-maker ordered through Grant. You’ll have it set up at the counter and the people will be able to get the ices of the day on demand. It’s beautiful.”
“You’ve put a lot of thought into this,” Elena exclaimed touched.
“You’re my friend,” Mary said simply. “I want this to work for you.”
“It’s coming together, isn’t it,” Elena said.
Mary nodded.
And somewhere in all of this was Brad. She touched her lips remembering. Just thinking about him made her heart speed up.
She was not going to be distracted from the business she thought firmly. Her heart skipped another beat realizing just how little time there was until Elena’s was up and running. And then what? She’d worry about that later, she told herself.
In the meantime she was left to wonder just what was going on at Elena’s. Grant said it was no biggie but he certainly wasn’t calling back in a hurry. It always seemed as if something was happening when she talked to Grant. But he never seemed to think it was too serious. If a bomb dropped on him he’d probably pick himself up, dust himself off and say he was going to be busy for a little but they were still on track.
“I wonder if Grant can have it done by Canada Day, July 1 st ?”
“Ask him,” Mary said.
After he’d solved the pipe emergency. In the meantime she needed to arrange interviews for the manager. Which meant she couldn’t avoid Brad. But she also couldn’t stop thinking about what he said, how good it felt to kiss him.
It was there while they set up the interviews. “So we’ve got two people from Malaspina and one person with, WOW! She’s got tons of experience! She was a barista at Starbucks for three years and then managed
“I’ll take your word on that. This isn’t the best time.”
“Oh – why not?”
“Just had a pipe burst. No biggie. I’ll call you later.”
“Oh, but we’re on track time-wise?”
“Pretty much. Look, I’ve got to go, he said disconnecting.
“Looks like I’m free to help clean up anyway,” she said to Mary wondering what kind of pipe disaster they were having over at Elena’s.
“I can handle this on my own,” Mary said firmly. “You need to take a look at your time-line and see where you are. With and without Brad,” she said meaningfully.
She ignored the Brad part. She still needed a full-time manager. And a web page. And … “you’re sure you don’t want to be the manager?”
Mary shook her head firmly. “It’d just be on an interim basis until you got up and running. And you’ve got the financing now. You might as well hire someone from the start. Have you talked to Brad about setting up interviews yet?”
“I’d better. In fact I’d better start organizing an opening if we’re going to be up and running in two weeks. How are we going to cook all this stuff without a full kitchen?”
“I’ve talked to Grant about that already,” Mary said easily. “You’ll have a stripped down kitchen. But you’re right. Most of it will have to done off premises. I’ve already talked to a baker in town and he’s willing to do it for you. If that works?”
“It’s perfect,” Elena said enthusiastically.
“You can do the wraps up in advance and salads. Same thing with the breakfast burritos and sandwiches. Then you just nuke them.”
“What about the fruit kebabs,” Elena said doubtfully.
“That’s where it gets good,” Mary said excitedly. “You can set it up the same way you do a yogurt or ice-cream bar in the mall with an assortment of fruits for customers to make their own.”
“Sounds like fun,” Elena said.
“And I’ve got a state of the art ice-maker ordered through Grant. You’ll have it set up at the counter and the people will be able to get the ices of the day on demand. It’s beautiful.”
“You’ve put a lot of thought into this,” Elena exclaimed touched.
“You’re my friend,” Mary said simply. “I want this to work for you.”
“It’s coming together, isn’t it,” Elena said.
Mary nodded.
And somewhere in all of this was Brad. She touched her lips remembering. Just thinking about him made her heart speed up.
She was not going to be distracted from the business she thought firmly. Her heart skipped another beat realizing just how little time there was until Elena’s was up and running. And then what? She’d worry about that later, she told herself.
In the meantime she was left to wonder just what was going on at Elena’s. Grant said it was no biggie but he certainly wasn’t calling back in a hurry. It always seemed as if something was happening when she talked to Grant. But he never seemed to think it was too serious. If a bomb dropped on him he’d probably pick himself up, dust himself off and say he was going to be busy for a little but they were still on track.
“I wonder if Grant can have it done by Canada Day, July 1 st ?”
“Ask him,” Mary said.
After he’d solved the pipe emergency. In the meantime she needed to arrange interviews for the manager. Which meant she couldn’t avoid Brad. But she also couldn’t stop thinking about what he said, how good it felt to kiss him.
It was there while they set up the interviews. “So we’ve got two people from Malaspina and one person with, WOW! She’s got tons of experience! She was a barista at Starbucks for three years and then managed
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