Page 64 of The Bet
“Other jobs?” What other jobs?
“She does some work on the side, to supplement her tuition,” said Savannah, distractedly.
“She does?” What? Where?”
“Oh,” Savannah turned her attention back to him. “She does it all online, after she’s finished her college work. I get the impression she’s trying to do it all by herself, and I wanted to help her, that’s why I wanted to give her extra hours, apart from it helping me out, it would help her, but I see now that it would be wrong to have her continue right away. I need to postpone having her work for me.”
This was the answer to his prayers—if Izzy was doing work on the side, and she needed to earn more money, he could solve that problem for her, and have her work for him a few hours a week.
He could do even better than have access to Izzy through Jacob—access which would only occur on weekends. If he made the offer attractive enough, he could have access to her all the time. And which struggling college student would say ‘no’ to that?
“I wouldn’t worry about Izzy, Savannah.” He had plenty of work and he was sure Laronde could do it. “She’s a smart girl, and she’s got the other jobs, as you said. She’ll be fine.”
But Savannah didn’t seem convinced. “I’ve been in that situation before. I know what it’s like to want work, and not have it, when you really need it the money.”
“My VA left without notice, and it’s left me in a bind. I have plenty of work that she could do for me, if I can convince her to.”
“You?”
“Yes. I’m hopefully going to get the investment I need for another new business I’m looking to set up, and I have a lot of outstanding work that my VA left behind. Izzy could start straightaway.”
“That would be a great help, Xavier.” Savannah looked relieved. “I hate the idea of letting her down.”
“I can definitely help give her something.”
“As a temporary solution, it would help.”
“But I wouldn’t mention anything to her yet,” he cautioned. “Or anyone else.” He looked around, making sure Tobias wasn’t around. His brother would be the first to reach only one conclusion about him taking Izzy on for work. “Let me reach out to her first.”
“You’ll speak to her?” asked Savannah.
“Leave it with me.”
