Hamster

Matt

"We're looking at opening another art gallery in New York City this spring. It's a huge undertaking, and I'm not quite sure we're ready, but my wife thinks differently. She says it's time to open another storefront." He shrugged. "What the wife wants, she usually gets one way or another."

I smiled. "I'm going to ask Erica to marry me sometime next year. Probably early spring. It just depends on how everything goes."

"And things are going well now?" He ran his finger around the edge of his mug but kept his eyes locked on me.

Everything was great, other than the fact that she had something going on that I wasn't privy to. It had to be something to do with work. Had to be.

"Oh yeah. She's a dream."

"And a beautiful one at that." Jonathan leaned over and pulled out a folder. "I have the contract here for the special project if you want to give it a look."

"I'll do that." I took the folder from him and tried to relax. It was a good next step for me, and maybe having a contract in plac