I nod.

“How was faculty?”

“High quality.”

She flips by means of a e-book I can’t see on the display screen.

“I’ll be residence tomorrow.”

“Sounds good.”

“Love you.”

“Love you, too.”

I hold up with a drained sigh. I’m exhausted and doing a shitty job of managing every part. The work is enjoyable, however the logistics are sophisticated and overseas. After a lifetime of shifts of labor the place I simply confirmed up on the similar place on the similar time, this can be a drawback I hadn’t considered.

Marin is true. I need assistance.

Regardless of being exhausted, I open my pc. Whereas it powers up, I faucet the display screen of my cellphone.

Me: Hello.

Ethan: Hello.

Me: I’m questioning if I’m alleged to really feel like I’m drowning 24/7?

Ethan: Each entrepreneur would say sure.

Ethan: Something I can assist with?

I swallow arduous as I learn and re-read the query.

Sure. Fly right here. Name me.

As standard, I write something however.

Me: A warning would have been good.

Ethan: It’s extra enjoyable this manner.

Fifty-three

Nadine is a part-time faculty pupil who wears thick glasses, has frizzy black hair, and is probably essentially the most organized particular person on the planet. The day I employed her, she confirmed up with color-coded schedules and spreadsheets that modified my life. She is an organizational superhero.

“I acquired your journey booked for the subsequent few months.”

Nadine’s perky voice comes by means of the cellphone on our now every day name.

“What are we ?”

“Subsequent week, you might be in Atlanta for a single day of coaching, then off for 2 weeks for the vacations if you wish to squeeze in one of many native requests we have now. January, I’ve you booked for 3 days in Charleston, South Carolina, then the preliminary assembly for an ongoing gig with an proprietor in Bangor, Maine.”

My pulse skyrockets. “Maine? What’s that one?”

I click on the pen I’m holding furiously.

“Umm…” I hear Nadine click on by means of screens on her pc. “Sounds enjoyable. It’s somebody who’s contemplating a restaurant within the metropolis however isn’t positive the way it might stand out towards what’s already there. Very early levels. They paid the complete price already. Principally, she has a constructing and a few concepts however nothing else. They need to get an thought of what you assume would work within the setting, yada yada. Title is one thing Donalds.”

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