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they told her it wasn’t a problem, even though Jennifer knew it was. She couldn’t keep up with the work load and felt like she had no choice. A few days later, she canceled another one. And another one. She knew she had to do something or her reputation would suffer from it. She had already caused more damage than she could tolerate. She called Bruce for help.
    “Baby,” she said. “I want to quit.”
    “Why? What’s wrong?” He said.
    “I just canceled another one.”
    “Ouch... That’s really going to hurt your business, you know that?”
    “I can’t handle it anymore.”
    “Did you hire an assistant like we talked about?”
    “I was about to, but I’m not motivated enough.”
    “You need to learn how to delegate, Jen. It’s the typical beginner’s mistake. You’re trying to do everything yourself and you know what’s happening right now?”
    “I’m sinking.”
    “Not yet but you’re close. Burn out, Jen. That’s what’s happening. You need to take a break and refocus.”
    “How? I have all these interviews every day and I can’t find anybody decent. And then, I’m booked every night.”
    “I think you focus on the wrong thing. You shouldn’t spend so much time recruiting. It’s getting to you personally and now, you can’t do what you do best: cooking.”
    “I don’t like recruiting people, Bruce. I don’t feel comfortable.”
    “Then, stop it. Do what you’re good at. Forget the rest.”
    “How am I going to get started with my school without any staff?”
    Bruce sighed and paused.
    “All right,” he said. “I’ll get someone to help you. I’ll contact a recruitment agency to assist you.”
    “Bruce, I didn’t mean to bother you. I know you did a lot already.”
    “Baby, please. Remember what the priest said? For better or worse...”
    Jennifer smiled and wiped a tear rolling on her cheek. “Thank you, baby. I love you.”
    “Now, stop looking for people and stop canceling. You’ve worked hard to build your customer base. Your clients love you, don’t let them down.”
    “I’m going to call back Patrick to help me. You’re right; it was smoother when I wasn’t trying to do everything alone.”
    “That’s right. You’ll be fine, Jen. Don’t freak out and don’t even think about quitting again. You understand?”
    “Yes. I don’t know what I would do without you.”
    Bruce chuckled and then, he said, “Oh, before I forget. Did you take any new clients recently?”
    “No, I refused most of them because I felt overwhelmed. I’m booked for one week and then, I have nothing. But I’ll fix that. I’ll call them back to tell them I’m available.”
    “No, don’t.”
    Jennifer didn’t know what to say. Did Bruce just tell her not to get more work? It didn’t make sense after the conservation they’d just had.
    “Excuse me?” She said. “I thought I was supposed to get back on track now that you’ll help me to recruit people?”
    “Yes, I know. But I want you to stop for a while.”
    “Why?”
    “I can’t tell you right now. Can you do that for me, please?”
    Jennifer frowned and bit her lip. Bruce was hiding something and she didn’t like it.
    “It would be easier if you just told me what’s going on, don’t you think?”
    “I’m not the kind of guy who takes to easy route...”
    “Okay, but we’re married now and we both agreed that we should trust each other, remember? Communication?”
    “Fine. Let’s just say that I have something very important to do in the following weeks and I can’t do it alone. I will need your help. You’ll need to be available all the time.”
    “Isn’t it going to be a problem for my business? I just dropped four clients, Bruce. It was a stupid decision and now, I’m worried.”
    “Tell them you’ll be on vacation. Tell them anything...”
    “You want me to lie?”
    “Well, you just dropped your clients. What did you tell them?”
    “Mmm... that I was busy? Okay, I lied to them but I was really lost.