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work soon?”
    “May I ask who this is?”
    He chuckled. “I’m always handing these calls wrong. That’s why my assistant does most of these set up calls. I’m Martin Landue, the CEO of Landue Health Care. We have our headquarters out of Boise, but I’m looking to open a satellite office in Spokane. You seem to have the skills I’m looking for in an office manager.”
    “If you mean opening and losing St. Joseph’s Physical Therapy, I guess you’re right.” She might as well get that resume killer out into the open before she invested time the guy.
    “Do you know how many small businesses close within the first five years? You’re not alone in your situation. The fact you even tried makes you a strong candidate for my position. Come talk to m e tomorrow for lunch. We’ll have a good meal, then, if you don’t think you’d like me as your boss, you can tell me no. The worse you’ll lose is an afternoon.”
    She needed a job. And she hadn’t gotten any responses from the resumes she’d sent out last week. “Sure. Give me your number in case I can’t find a substitute to cover me at my current position but I believe I should be able to be there. Where are we meeting?”
    He gave her his cell along with a time and the name of the restaurant which seemed to be at the exclusive country club on Lake Coeur d’Alene. Destiny didn’t know if the town had been named for the lake or the lake for the town, but either way, the area had become a mecca for yuppies moving out of the California rat race and bringing all their favorite fast food joints and spas along with them. As she hung up, she glanced at her watch. Brad had already exceeded his promised ten minutes but Destiny had one more call to make before she went back in to enforce his laptop shut down.
    She dialed the number and waited for it to be answered. “Sandy, I need a favor.”
    ***
    Brad woke from his morning nap stiff and grumpy. Destiny had been brutal in that day’s exercise session and he felt beat up and worn out, even with a nap. He needed food. The smell of mushroom chicken filled the room and he smiled. Turning his head, he breathed deeply. “I love that dish, I always have.”
    “I know dear.” His mother turned around with a tray in her hand. She sat the tray on Brad’s bedside table and then tried to wrestle the table closer to him.
    “I’ll get it.” He found the lever which lifted it upward and over his body. He adjusted the bed as his mom uncovered the plate and poured him a glass of ice water.
    “Do you want juice or milk?” His mother picked up empty glasses from the table to take back into the kitchen with her.
    “Neither. Mom, where’s Destiny?” His breath caught. Had his complaining in the beginning caused his family to fire her?
    “You’re getting milk if you don’t make a choice. Your bones probably need the calcium.” She smoothed his comforter. “Destiny had an errand to run, so I said I’d step in. I thought you’d be happy to see me.”
    “I am happy to see you. I was just surprised for a minute.” He picked up his fork and took a bite of the chicken. Perfectly cooked, juicy, and filled with flavor, the dish was one of the best things on Maggie’s menu. “So what’s going on in the real world?”
    “Hold on, I’ll be right back.” His mother disappeared from the room. Destiny hadn’t said a word about leaving today. She’d brought him breakfast, they’d joked about taking a walk around the Castle View compound, and then she’d worked him out during his physical therapy session. Not one word about having to run an errand, which was odd since the girl liked to talk about everything. Maybe Mom knew more than she was saying.
    When his mother returned, she had a large glass of milk and her own plate of food from Maggie’s. Apparently, this visit had been planned for a while. He focused on eating. “What’s going on?”
    His mother chatted about the new house Mark and Abigail, the newlyweds, were