Cold Feet

VIOLA

I can’t believe my luck. I had thought I wasn’t going to hear from Clark soon, if ever again but he calls me a few days after I spoke with him the first time. He sounds unbelievably cheerful.

“Viola,” he finishes my name in a sing song tone. “I have something I think you’re going to love.”

I get excited just by the tone in his voice. “What is it?” I ask excitedly.

“Well, there is a wedding planner who asked me to find her an assistant before we spoke. I gave her a call and told her about you. She recalls you well and is eager to give you a chance to get back in the game.”

“Okay. So I would be her assistant?”

“Actually no. I spoke to her about you for that job but it turns out she’s got a whole new idea that she wants to launch and she wants to ask you if you’d be interested to head up this project.”

“What is the project?”

“She didn’t say but she wants to discuss it with you directly. She says she thinks you’ll love it. It needs entrepreneurialism, creativity, a self starter, and she thinks you have all those qualities. She also said the pay is good.”

“Okay, I’m interested,” I say. “I know Lara. She’s a nice person and I think we could work well together.”

“Great!” Clark says. “So shall I get her to call you?”

“That would be good but I work shifts. It would be better if you give me her number or you give her mine. Then we can message and arrange a time to talk. I don’t want to miss her call. It will be really unprofessional and this sounds like a good opportunity.”

“Okay,” Clark says happily. “I’ll arrange everything.”

“Thanks Clark.”

There is a God! I can’t believe my luck. It’s sounds like it’s a perfect opportunity and I hope it’s going to be just what

I haven’t had in a long

it doesn’t come. These things take time, I tell

a message. It’s late and there’s no chance that I’m going to get a message at this hour. I take a shower and get into bed. I fall asleep full of

don’t answer calls from unknown numbers but this morning I let it go and grab my phone. I

immediately after I press the

I have to refrain from letting out a

morning Viola. This

I struggle to close my mouth so I

talk before Lara

you what I have

fit in respect of being a self starter, entrepreneur,

start a new niche service. It’s for people who want

“Elope?” I ask confused.

“Yes,” Lara says.

thought people who elope just get on a plane

like thieves in the night, they can do it nicely even if it is at the last minute. We can offer limo rental, jets, hotel bookings, rings, dresses, everything they want at short notice. It will bring a sense of class to

and the more I think, the more I believe it can work. By

assistant position if you want. It’s yours but I think this opportunity is more challenging.

suppressing the urge to yell into the phone. “I am really

I can hear her happiness in her voice. “Don’t you want to know how

pay almost nothing and I would