“The Adiplex Program? Yeah, a little.”
“Good. I’m going to give you a spec book and I need you to go in and add all of the quantities for the job we’re bidding tomorrow in there.” I looked around for the book, but it was nowhere to be found. “Let me see if it’s in my truck.”
I ran outside but the book wasn’t there, either. I racked my brain until I remembered it sitting on my office chair at the house.
Damn it!
I went back inside. Sam was sitting in the chair across from my desk, one leg crossed over the other.
“I forgot it at home. I’ll have to run over there and get it.” I shook my head. I didn’t have an extra minute to eat lunch, let alone drive all the way home.
“I can do it,” she offered. “I’ll go grab it for you. You seem to have a lot to do in here.”
“Mr. Quinn?” Lucy’s voice came through the speakers. “It’s Jillian Simmons on the line for you from Grady Enterprises.”
“Hang on, Lucy.” I looked to Sam. “Yeah, can you go get it? Kari will be home. Just tell her it’s on the chair in my office. She’ll grab it for you. I gotta take this call about the bid tomorrow.”
“See how much easier things are when you have a personal assistant?” she laughed.
I smiled back at her. “Thanks, Sam.” Once she was out the door, I turned back to the phone. “Go ahead, Lucy.”
My phone lit up. “Max Quinn.”
“Hey, Max. It’s Jillian at Grady.”
Jillian’s husband, Wade, had been friends with Cane’s dad back in the day. They specialized in moving large quantities of soil. Since taking over Alexander Industries, Cane and I had worked with thema couple of times successfully. We just didn’t move that much dirt on our normal jobs. As soon as I saw the number on this one, I called them.
“How are you?” I asked, picking up a pen to make some notes.
“I’m good, thank you. I hope this bid is treating you well.”
I whistled through my teeth. “It’s going alright, but I need a good number to move this dirt. There’s probably 100,000 CY of earth to move around on this one.”
“That’s a lot. Any chance of the quantities running over?”
“There is, actually. If things go the way I think they will, there’ll be a large overrun in the third phase. It’ll have to be negotiated in a change order and they’ll have to agree to a number because the last phase won’t be able to be done without the third being complete. It could be very profitable for you,” I pointed out.
“They aren’t releasing anymore plans and specs. You don’t happen to have an extra set, do you?”
I smiled. “I can have a set made for you. Want me to have them delivered this afternoon?”
“I’m actually heading that way in a little bit. I’ll drop by in a few hours and pick them up, if that’s okay? It’ll just make things easier because Wade is out on a job site today. But just letting you know, if it looks good, he might want to meet with you tonight and just go over a few things.”
“Sounds good, Jillian. I appreciate it.”
“See you in a bit, Max.”
FIFTEEN
KARI
The sun was shining through the windows and my spirits were high. As soon as Max left for the office, I got a surge of energy. Knowing I wouldn’t be able to sleep, I jumped in the shower and then into some yoga pants and a sweatshirt. I slipped on my running shoes and headed into the kitchen to grab a bottle of water and my keys. As I started to open the door to the refrigerator, I saw a new sticky note on the front, covering the ‘unsure’ one I had posted there.
Definite—certain or sure about something.
I giggled and scribbled on a new note and posted it.
Happy—fortunate or convenient
