It was an hour before breakfast time, and she got up, readied herself for the day, and headed downstairs to move the food around. She was glad that they had a full-sized refrigerator, or she would never have had a place to put the large amount of food that she was fixing. This morning, she fixed biscuits and gravy with cheesy eggs. It was a filling breakfast, and she liked to believe that she did a good job, and it was tasty, too. Jenna was barely done before people began to show up. The three new guyswere financial then because not only did they eat breakfast and supper at the office, but they also often had double helpings.
“Good morning, Dan. How are you doing today?”
“I'm doing all right. I wish you could talk Grant into working with me. Sally is all right, but she's a bit slow. We're never going to get any of the awards. I'll take a double helping of the biscuits and gravy.”
Since everyone was trained now, they went back to the reward system that Tyne had used at Wilde. Even though Grant worked alone, he was the winner every week. No one consistently claimed second place, and it hopped from team to team except for Dan and Sally. They were the only ones who had never won. Since Grant had commented on Dan being fast, she could only assume it was Sally's fault.
Maybe that wasn't fair, but no one had ever accused Sally of being fast. Dan wanted out of that partnership so badly, and it didn't seem fair that he was stuck with her. It had been long enough that they could switch partners around and see what happened. Mike or Tom was fast enough, and maybe one of them would let Sally know she needed to pick up her speed. If this didn't work, then Grant would have a new partner, and he would decide if she could stay or if she would go. Mike was the most outgoing person, so he would get her.
That would start tomorrow, and she would tell them all today. “Didn't I tell you that partners were switching? She won't be your problem tomorrow.”
“Thank you. What lucky person is getting her?” Dan asked.
“Lucky? Mike will get her, but we are trading partners regularly now. We'll see what happens. I'm not sure who you'll get because I haven't worked out the list yet. Grant will still work alone because that's the way he likes it, and he's in charge of the field teams.”
“I didn't know that. I thought you oversaw everything.”
“No, it's a partnership. We can both do each other's jobs, but he's in charge of the field, and I'm in charge of the office. I'm surprised you didn't pick up on that.”
Umph. Dan doubled over. “Muscle cramp," he explained.
“In your stomach?” She questioned, looking at him with suspicion.
Harry had cast a spell on the three guys that would cause them pain if they tried to cause any trouble to Wolf security. Maybe she needed to call Harry and see exactly what kind of pain would show up. Normally, she was a sweet, trusting girl. Yeah, right, coming to Alaska had made her attitude far more suspicious than normal. This was the bad situation they were all in that worried her. It would get better briefly, and then things would get bad again. Who wanted to live in a situation where they were always at risk?
The others came down and ate breakfast, and soon everyone was gone, and she was there alone again. Her phone rang often, and she was making appointments right and left. Tyne had extended their area again when it looked like they might get caught up. She took her midday break, took some food out of the crock pot, put it in the refrigerator, and then filled the crock pot back up. Jenna still had a few minutes left, so she grabbed a snack and something to drink while she relaxed in one of the chairs in the customer waiting area.
They still were not using this office for personal visits and everyone that made an appointment had to call in. That's why it was a surprise when the bell rang, and someone came in. Jenna hurried to get behind the counter where her weapons were. It was a female, and she could sense magical powers.
“Can I help you?” Jenna asked.
“No, but maybe I can help you. Someone hired me to cast some bad spells on you guys. They told me all kinds of awful things that you were doing, but they didn't tell me you were awitch or that there was magical protection at your office. I didn't really like the guys, so they paid me up front, and I told him I would check into things, and if I found they were being honest, I would take action. The best thing I can do is probably just leave, but I wanted to warn you that not all witches are honest.”
“I appreciate your warning, and I would take it to heart, but we are already doing everything we can against these bad guys. Since they hate paranormals, it surprises me that they hired you. Maybe they are trying to get our different kinds to fight each other," Jenna explained.
“Are these the haters I heard about?”
“They are.”
“Maybe I'll send them a little surprise. Do you know Harry?”
“I do, and the protective spells are all hers.”
“Tell her Cara says hi.”
Jenna blinked, and the witch was gone. It looked like they had made a mistake bringing that witch into the mix. It was time to give Harry a call and update her about what was going on here.
“This is Harry. Speak quick, I'm busy.”
“Hey, I just met a witch called Cara, and she said to tell you hi. I'm also a little worried about Dan. He keeps having weird pains. I think he's fighting your spell," Jenna explained.
“How in the world did you meet her? Don't worry about Dan because he can't fight the spell.”
“The crazies hired her to mess with us. They lied to her, but as soon as she entered the office, she found out that they weren't telling her the truth. I believe she has some plans for them, and since they paid her up front, she won't lose any money.”
“That's just nuts. I thought they hated paranormals, but now they're trying to hire them? I'll try to get in touch with Cara and see what's going on. Thanks for calling and letting me know," Harry said. That was her goodbye because she was gone in a flash.
Jenna figured she had a few more minutes on her break, so she hurried around and checked all her crock pots and the bread she had in her special bread maker. It was great because it started automatically, and the bread would be warm just in time for supper. After she did that, she started doing some paperwork and set up a new roster for who would be working with who. Grant wouldn’t care as long as he didn't have a partner. With the schedule adjusted, she checked through all the jobs they had ahead of them and assigned them to the team that would be best for them.