The five hours between the building meeting and the pending dinner with Edna and Shelly flew by. Justin had agreed to close for the night, and she stopped at Brew and Bake, picked up dessert and Easton, then to By the Slice and picked up dinner before driving to Edna’s house.
She wasn’t looking forward to this dinner, not after the day she had experienced, but hopefully, Shelly wasn’t going to give her a hard time. Afterward, she planned to talk to Easton and Edna about Lauren and this building mess.
The night before, she had talked with James about Shelly’s books. He had given her a number to quote to Shelly if, once he looked at the books, they were in as good as shape as he was hoping for. All in all, she hoped by the time the night was through she would have a promise of the sale of
