cab.”
Nodding, Liz followed him down – they took the elevator. She quietly waved at Gary on their way out.
“As of last week the buildings were on schedule,” Henry said as they waited for a cab. “It should still be the case this week. It would be good for you to see the development for yourself so when there are correspondences about it, you’d be able to picture it. Meeting the people you’d be corresponding with would also help you. And there might be times later on that I will have you go to meetings on your own.”
Liz nodded. A cab stopped for them just then, and they got in.
“You’ll get to meet Kayla Richardson,” Henry said. “She and her team designed Stone Homes. The other engineers should also be there. Space Builders is the building contractor. The key person is Matt Hines.”
Liz listened as Henry ran through the main points. She’s done her own research on the files she found in the office, so she was familiar with the parties involved with Stone Homes. She even knew that Kayla Richardson was dating Alexander Stone – it was Dana who told her that. Her information on the project wasn’t very up-to-date yet though, since she hasn’t been included in the email loop yet.
The cab ride took less than fifteen minutes to reach the site at Brooklyn -- Henry quickly taught her about getting the receipt from the cab driver so she can have the foundation reimburse her. Stepping out of the cab, Liz already had a peak of the completed building and the garden at the center. Last week, Liz was already able to go back to the conference room to look at the scaled model of the development. Now she was looking at the real thing.
She realized a few seconds later that Henry has made his way and Liz had to catch up with him. It was a good thing she thought to dress smartly since she knew she was going to site. She wore her flat black ankle boots with slim bullet grey pants and a black turtleneck shirt.
As they walked into the development, Henry led her to completed building until they reached the multi-purpose room at the ground floor. She was told by Henry the meetings have been held there since the first building was done. On their way, Liz spied the library and got curious about it. She spent countless hours in different libraries since she was a kid. She was very thankful to her mom for always bringing her to public libraries and for getting her to enjoy reading, that she spent some of her spare time during her school days reading leisurely in the library.
Her focus quickly switched to the multi-purpose room when she noticed the other people in the room. The first person she saw must have been Kayla Richardson, who was standing and talking to one of the men in the room. She was a stunning woman who clearly had some Latina roots. She had gorgeous dark hair and perfect olive skin.
“Kayla, this is Elizabeth Hatton,” Henry said, as they approached her.
Liz walked over to offer her hand. “It’s Liz,” she said, smiling. Kayla was a couple inches taller than her. Liz could see Kayla had amazing long lashes that she envied.
Kayla’s eyes widened, and she smiled as she took Liz’s hand. “Hi Liz, it’s nice to meet you.”
“Same here,” Liz said. “I love your design of this development. I like that it isn’t cramped at all. You wouldn’t think it’s a housing project.”
Kayla beamed. “Thank you, I appreciate it. I have a great team,” she said.
They went through the meeting for the next hour. And Liz got to meet the engineers, as well as Matt Hines. Matt reported the progress of the construction, and all the consultants seemed satisfied with the schedule. Everyone readily answered Liz’s questions to help her grasp the project. Liz learned through the course of the meeting that since they were just working on the succeeding buildings, they were just making sure they were improving on how the first building was constructed in order to be more cost-efficient and have a