With three days left before the scheduled sale, I submitted our revised proposal.
The lender agreed in writing to postpone the sale for thirty days while reviewing Cedric’s investment and our plan to reduce operating costs and repay the debt.
It wasn’t a rescue.
I submitted our revised proposal.
We still had to prove the smaller restaurant could support its payments.
I handled the calls, Cedric checked the catering costs, and Paige worked out the reduced menu.
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Two weeks later, the lender approved our revised repayment arrangement.
After Cedric and I signed our partnership agreement, I called him.
“We’re keeping the restaurant.”
I called him.
He went quiet.
“Seriously?”
“Seriously. But your first catering order had better be good.”
He laughed.
“Don’t worry. I learned from the best.”
“Seriously?”
On Cedric’s first morning as our business partner, he arrived carrying a box of supplies.
Paige was already preparing coffee.
I handed him the chalk for our specials board.
“You’re in charge of today’s special.”
He wrote it out and misspelled a word.
He arrived carrying a box.
Paige reached for the chalk.
“Cedric, that’s not how you spell it.”
“Mom, people will understand.”
I looked at the board.
“Leave it.”
I looked at the board.
Paige raised an eyebrow.
“Since when do you tolerate mistakes on your board?”
I handed Cedric the chalk again.
“Since it stopped being just mine.”
THE END..!
