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Ryan looked at me.

“Why don’t I bring you to his office tomorrow and then we can go out for lunch.”

“Yes! A thousand times over.”

She laughed. “Wear something nice.”

“Okay!”

Frank wasa stern-looking man with tufts of long hair that decorated the sides of his head and black-framed glasses he constantly pushed up to the top of his head. He wore a pressed white dress shirt and his tie was boring but professional. His serious tone told me he was all business.

“Your receipt entry work is impeccable. Dylan, Justin and Ryan’s receipts were flawless.”

“Thank you.”

“Do you like numbers?”

“I like that they don’t lie.”

He sat back and gave me a second look. “Me too.”

“Doing those receipts wasn’t difficult work, you know.”

“Funny, all my clients would argue otherwise. They need you, Zoey.”

“They do?”

“I’d like to offer your services to them. We could contract out your services for $45/hour for your entry of their receipts.”

My heart stopped. “That’s so much money.”

“My clients can afford it. Compared to what I charge them, they won’t even notice. You can work from here if you want but I’d prefer if you work from home. I like my space. If getting to the office to pick up the receipts is an issue, we can send you what you need via courier.”

My heart was pounding so hard. “Okay.”

“I think I can offer you as much work as you want. Full-time hours maybe even more. You can choose how much you want to work. If you work more, that’s your call, but you won’t be paid overtime.”

“I will work all the time.”

“That’s up to you. We’ll provide a laptop for you to use with all the software.”

I stared at this man in adoration. “I will do everything in my power to impress you.”

“You already impress me. When can you start?”

“Right now.”

He cracked his first smile. “How about next Monday? That will give my assistant enough time to order your laptop and get it ready.”

“Who told you about me? Was it Ryan?”

He looked over his glasses at me. “If you saw how these players did their receipt entries last year, you wouldn’t ask me that question. The second I saw your work, I knew they had hired someone. I decided I needed you for all my clients because you make my life easier.”

I was barely breathing. “Oh.”

He motioned with his head. “Give Wanda your address and phone number on the way out.”

“Thank you.”

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