Cold Feet

Chapter 3

VIOLA

“Steve, this is really difficult. I can’t just increase the band’s fee. You know this wedding was booked months ago. I calculated the fee based on what I was paying you then. Whoever is offering you this, obviously has the budget to pay what they’re offering.”

“I’ve spoken to the band,” Steve replies. “They want extra pay.”

“Look, let’s talk about extra pay for the wedding after this one and all future weddings. Just not this one. I’ve cut my profit a lot already just to get this wedding. It’s important to me. Having this wedding is good for my resume.”

“Well, it’s not good for our pockets,” Steve replies firmly.

“Steve, c’mon. Where is this coming from? We’ve always been able to negotiate. Why the big push now?”

“I only have a few hours and then the offer’s off the table.”

“Well, can I ask who it is that’s making this offer?”

“Does it matter? It’s not going to change anything,” Steve replies.

“Sure, but I’ll find out anyway.”

“Christine. Christine Jackson.”

feel my anger rise instantly. The woman who I idolized and held as a role model until recently. My heart tells

“Vi?” Steve asks.

look. I’ll pay you fifty percent more this weekend and from now on. Just don’t do this to me

“Okay.”

can’t afford these kinds of problems

Steve says.

a favor

“What’s that?” Steve asks.

to anyone okay? If this gets out, everyone else is going to demand more

We can

better,” I say.

“Um, Vi,” Steve says.

tell me something and

is it, Steve?” I

you use a wedding whisperer,”

don’t advertise not even to my clients. No-one else in the game uses one, at

want to scream at

asks prompting me to break my

“I’m here,” I reply.

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