Acquiring Hearts by S. Donahue Page B

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    Chapter Eleven
     
    Everything was moving smoothly until Thursday, when construction was scheduled to begin. Brad received a call from the owner of the construction company who stated that the appropriate licenses had never been filed.
     
    “That’s impossible I signed all the paperwork. The project manager was handling everything,” Brad said with an incredulous voice. He couldn’t believe Holly would do something like this. It didn’t make sense.
     
    “Brad, you should really look into this. I wasn’t comfortable working with Ms. Thornton on this project but I didn’t want to say anything. I figured if you trusted her then it was ok. There may be more issues than this. We only know about this issue because it is required at this point of the project.”
     
    “I guess there is nothing we can do today.”
     
    “Definitely not today, but I can make a phone call and see what I can do. I can maybe begin next week if we can get this license issue resolved.” He really hoped that this could be resolved quickly.
     
    “Thanks, Joe. Whatever needs to be done, I’m here.
    “ I’ll email you and let you know if I need anything else.”
     
    “You can contact my assistant manager at the Philadelphia office since building can’t begin. I will be staying there all next week.
     
    “OK, either you or your assistant will hear from me shortly”
     
    “Thanks Joe, I appreciate it.”
     
    When Brad hung up the phone, he was in shock.
     
    Holly probably thought that if something was messed up and it was not traced back to her, I would have to stay in Miami. Well her plan backfired.
     
    Brad contacted John, Holly’s dad right away and told him he either needed to take Holly off of his project or he was going to find another company to represent him. He wasn’t blaming John, who kept apologizing for his daughter’s actions. Brad just wanted to make sure it didn’t happen again. He was satisfied that John was willing to assign a new project manager.
     
    “I don’t want to lose your business. Rocco is first rate and I think you will work well together,” John said.
     
    Because there wasn’t a whole lot that could be done in Miami, Brad decided to go home earlier. He was going to leave in the morning. Today, he was going to relax and reflect on his life which included his businesses, his home and his relationship. He needed to make some changes. He just wasn’t sure yet what they were… yet.
     
     
    * * * * *
    Brad’s plane landed at 9 A.M. He had Gary meet him at the airport and then drop him off at the office. On the way there he stopped at a flower shop and had roses sent to Gia at work. He filled out the card and tipped the delivery guy extra to ensure they were delivered before the afternoon. The card read:
     
     
     
     
    Gia,
    I’m home and can’t wait to see you. Miss you so much. Love, Brad
     
     
    At the office, the first order of business was to meet with Rachel. He received a lot of welcome backs on the way up to his office. It made him proud to know that his employees liked working for him. When he arrived at Rachel’s office, she was on a call so he retreated to his office to check emails.
     
    An hour later there was a knock at his door and Rachel peeked her head in. “So, how are you?”
     
    “ Good. How’s everything going?”
     
    “Ok, I faxed over the papers to Joe. He’s working on the licensing issue. Hopefully, it will get resolved quickly.”
     
    He really appreciated all of Rachel’s hard work during the past month. “Thank you so much for your help. I’m going to stay the entire week so you can take next week off if you want.
     
    Rachel was shocked. “Wow, thank you. That’s so generous of you.”
     
    “You can even stay at my condo in Miami if you want to. It’s right on the beach. I just wanted to thank you for all you do for me.”
     
    She could see what Gia saw in him. He would do anything for anyone and