Chapter 3: Chapter 3

“Okay. Here’s how I think we should proceed.” He gave me what I’m sure he thought was a confident, reassuring smile. Since I don’t trust beautiful smiles—or beautiful people for that matter—it wasn’t working with me. Not to mention I don’t take direction well. I’m the boss. I nodded anyway. At this point I was open to suggestions. “You give me access to the books and I study them. Then I’ll go into the field and work with you on some sites. This way I can assess who does what. I’ll know how the company works theoretically from the books and how it works practically from the field. Then we can talk about your leak and your options.”

I bristled. I hadn’t hired the man yet, so why was he telling me what I should do? On the other hand, why else would I hire him? He seemed to have a solid idea. I nodded.

“Let me think about it.” I stood and he did too. “I’ll get back to you.”