Any crisis in one could eventually be compensated with the others. When they finally came back at the office after a dinner meeting she felt tired and...slumped in her chair. She skimmed over the work that had gathered on her desk during the day and sorted it quickly into neat stacks. ‘Come,’ he said as he came out of his office. ‘time to go home.’ She had forgotten about having to live at his place for as long as she worked for him and groaned inside. ‘Yes.’ she said and gathered her things. She. It wasn’t particularly huge by Miami standards, but everything from furniture to appliances were top of the line. She stepped from the kitchen into a large, open living room with a ceiling that extended to the roof and spanned two floors. A glass, floating staircase led to the second floor and was flanked by a wall that held a large stainless steel bar. The furniture was easily recognizable- all modern and designed by well-known artists. Looking through each area, Gia couldn’t help but chuckle. Patti did find 10 of the old manikins at the department store that had been closed for so many years. I sent the maintenance guys to pick them up.The owner wanted cash so I took it out of my pocket. There was no way with the accounting system in place here to get cash. If he would give the maintenance guys a receipt I could add it to the expense account for this project.The rest of the week and next week were going to be busy. Tomorrow we were going to redo the demo bus attack with the fire. For the village, we had the schoolhouse and hospital that could easily accommodate the entire population of the island in an emergency. Our only real warning of a storm was the winds kicking up, so the shelters were located where most of the inhabitants could get to one in less than fifteen minutes.I walked back to my cabin thinking about how pleased I was with Katherine. Her propositioning Mandy, and Mandy accepting it, was probably the best thing for my new pet. The ponies at the Stables were.