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Faith was more
prepared than he was, and appeared to be ready to continue.
    “Let’s take a short break to get some water,
go to the restroom, or whatever. I’ll meet you back here in twenty
minutes.” He looked at the outline that Faith had prepared once
again.
    ‘This is
odd ,’ thought
Carter.
    Faith stood up and left the room. Gavin and
Carter watched her leave.
    “Are you okay? You don’t take breaks.” Carter
was curious.
    “She wasn’t supposed to be this good,” he
smiled. “I expected her to come in here, take notes as we went
through the slides, and work through this with us. Half of our work
is already done. I don’t think I’ve had a more productive
meeting.”
    “You said that Adrian only
found the best. It is his specialty. When was the last time he brought in someone
bad? Like, never?”
    “I think he’s outdone himself. I’m going to
talk to him when we’re finished. He needs to know this.” Gavin
found himself not knowing what more could surprise him about this
woman.
    Gavin looked at Carter, puzzled. He couldn’t
say anything else. Carter wasn’t sure what to make of it.
    “Are you sure that’s all? You look a little
confused.”
    Carter was right. Gavin stood at the window
with his hand cupping his chin. He answered, “I just have to get
back on track. This changes our timeline. Depending on what happens
the rest of this morning, and possibly this afternoon, I may have
to have new schedules drawn up.”
    “That’s a good thing. I’m going to get some
coffee. Do you want any?” Carter stood up to leave the conference
room.
    “Yeah, sure.” Gavin didn’t turn around. He
couldn’t wait to speak to Adrian about how well Faith was
adjusting. He wanted to know more about her background. Faith
quietly came back as he still had his back turned.
    “Are you okay? Just deep in thought?” she
asked.
    “I’m just thinking about how you took over
this meeting,” he smiled, turning around to face her.
    “I’m sorry. I do that sometimes. I didn’t
mean to step over you.”
    “It’s perfectly fine. You’ve done an
incredible job. I still can’t believe the amount of information you
pulled together in such a short amount of time. I know you’re
working from home during the evenings this week, but please tell me
you didn’t stay up all night.”
    “I didn’t. I know how to pull skin off of
teeth if I have to. I have a lot of resources.” She opened her
notebook, writing the date and subject down.
    “I should say so.” Gavin
just stared at her. ‘Damn, I wish I could
just take you right here,’ he thought.
“Well, again, great job. Our work is going to be a lot easier
now.”
    “That was my goal,” she said, smiling as she
looked up at him. It was nice to talk like civilized people. There
was a moment of silence, and then Carter came back with coffee in
his hands.
    “Here you go,” he said handing the cup to
Gavin. “Faith, I apologize. I would have gotten you some coffee,
but I don’t know what you like.”
    “That’s okay. Water is fine for me right
now.”
    “Thanks, Carter.” Gavin looked down at the
outline again. He just shook his head, smiling to himself. Faith
and Carter looked at each other, shrugging their shoulders, not
knowing what was going on.
    “I’m sorry.” Gavin cleared his throat. “We’ll
have to complete our session on Nashville tomorrow after Carter and
I present our findings on celebrities and potential clients in the
area. But for now, we can talk about what might be the pros and
cons of opening an office there with the information that Faith has
provided. So what are some of your thoughts?” he asked, walking
around the table as he spoke. He went to a white board, picked up a
dry erase marker and wrote the header ‘Nashville’ and underneath
‘Pros’ and ‘Cons’ with a line dividing the two sections.
    “Well, it is a very high profile city. Just
with music alone, there’s a lot of opportunity there. It doesn’t
need to