Page 131 of Sunshine

I gestured at the list in my cousin’s hand. “Hence that list. It’s just so much easier for me to knock that stuff out one by one instead of spending twenty minutes walking someone through why they can’t ask Mrs. Brewer for pink carnations.”

“Why not?”

I shook my head. “Don’t ask.”

“How is an assistant going to be any different?” Raina chewed on the tip of her pen. She sounded thoughtful, not annoyed, her hair in it’s usual bun with a purple pen stuck inside.

“Because I’ll walk her through each event, and each item that needs to be done. Once that’s done, I can release her to do the do.” I finished by wiggling my hands.

“Oh.” Raina bit her lip. She had a little line in between her eyes that meant she was thinking. “You could train her on how we like things done.”

“I could share her with Holly. Let her tackle both areas of the events business.”

“No.” Raina sounded thoughtful. Now her wheels were turning. I suppressed a great sigh of relief. She was on board with this plan, and I would have very little guilt to deal with. “She needs her own. It would be much easier to have two assistants than you trying to cross over each other.”

I could have asked Raina earlier, but the conversation was less stressful when I could easily form my thoughts because my guys had helped me.

I beamed. “Thank you. I’ve felt really lazy and guilty about dropping all these tasks.”

“Don’t be.” Raina frowned. “I need to check in with everyone else, see if maybe we need more support staff. I should have thought of this sooner.

“Nope.” I held up my hand. “Don’t do that to yourself. I should have talked to you sooner. The event planning portion of our business grew a lot quicker than we thought it would.”

Raina got a far away look on her face. “Think of your profit margins when you can really let yourself sink into the work.”

I laughed. Trust my mercenary cousin to be running the numbers.

“You said Logan had a candidate in mind?”

I nodded. “I wanted to talk to you first, but I’m going to meet up with her soon if that’s okay.”

“It is. Let me crunch some numbers, and I’ll let you know what we can offer her in terms of a salary.”

I beamed, unable to keep my joy down. I wanted to do a little dance. I was no longer doomed. There was light at the end of the tunnel, and it wasn’t a train coming to run me over.

Thanks to Pack Kahele. I was going to show them how thankful I was.

Raina looked at the list again. “The check marks are what you’ve taken care of?”

“Yes,” I shifted in my seat. Remembering the day of phone calls I had ahead of me. “I’ve got a lot of work still, but it’s getting handled.”

My cousin pulled her favorite black felt pen out. “I can do this half. Let me know if there’s anything special.”

I was already shaking my head. “I can take care of it.”

Raina pulled a piece of paper out. “I want to. Give me something small and easy to do today. Go wander around the grounds or be creative.”

Relief washed over me in a wave. “Thank you.”

Raina smiled. “Maybe go surprise your pack.”

What an excellent idea.

“Before I forget, I’m going to ask Talia about the bachelorette party.” I pulled out my phone. The party was one of the newevents that popped up. It was easy to do, but I sucked at juggling tasks. “She had some really good mocktail flavored cupcakes. It’s a tight turn around, but I figured I’d ask her first.”

Raina scribbled notes to herself. “Sounds great. Do you need some backup bakeries if she can’t do it?”

I wished I was that organized. Life would be so much easier if I could just work a to-do list.

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