Page 110 of Wait for Me

“I don’t want to know. Why don’t they have an office in Atlanta? A branch or something.”

“I might actually be doing some work in Alpharetta for one of her biggest clients, who does have an office here.”

“Which client, may I ask?”

“I can’t say, but they contract for governments.”

“How many of those does she have?”

“Several.”

“So let me put on my Urquhart Enterprise investor hat for a minute,” Logan said. “Espy doesn’t want to sell or merge, but she doesn’t have the funds to move to a bigger city like Atlanta.”

“I don’t know the details.”

“Atlanta has way better internet connection and infrastructure than small town Misty Mountain.”

“That, I concur.”

“For you—or anyone else—to get to work fast, you’d have to fly to the Smokies.”’

“Right.”

“She could save all that jet fuel and build a clean and green office in, say, Alpharetta or Smyrna or anywhere in metro Atlanta.”

“I’m not privy to what’s going on at the corporate level, Logan. I’m only a translator.”

Logan stared at her, like he was going to say, “Sure.”

But he didn’t.

“Remember that week we had in Alaska?” Logan asked.

“Uh-huh.”

“I was on the phone a lot for several days. I was busy working on some merger talks that Jared came up with, trying to buy a company in England that wanted to expand to the USA.”

“I remember.”

“Did you know all that fell through?”

“I’m sorry.” Marie genuinely was.

“I’m not. As God had worked it out, we now have money to spare. What if Urquhart Enterprises invests in Mendenhall Security, thereby enabling it to build or lease an office in greater Atlanta?”

Marie shook her head. “Don’t do it for me.”

“It’s a win-win. You get to work in Atlanta, and Espy gets to expand her business.”

“I don’t know. Talk to her.”

“I most definitely will…” Logan glanced at the clock. “Right now, we have a more pressing matter.”

“What?”

“It’s almost noon, and our son’s school day is about over. Shall we go together to pick him up?”

Marie’s eyes brightened. “Of course!”

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