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that’s all right?”
    “Sure, sure. Have a seat,” he
said, motioning to the chair across from him.
    She sat on the edge of the seat,
her hands clasped in her lap. Now that she was here, she wasn’t quite sure
where to start.
    “As you know, I’m unemployed as
of last night. I went to the strip club today to get a job, but…I just couldn’t
do it. The thought of those men touching me left a vile taste in my mouth.”
    “I’m actually relieved to hear
that. It wasn’t the right place for you.”
    “Yeah, but that begs the question,
where is the right place for me? I’ve scoured the classifieds, no one calls me
back and, if they do and I make it to an interview, they tell me it just won’t
work. I’m unemployable in this town, which makes it damn hard to live here. I
want to be part of your pack, Connor, but how can I do that if I can’t provide
for myself?”
    “Find a mate?”
    She snorted. “Like I need a man
to take care of me. I’ve been doing just fine on my own. If I can’t find work,
I’ll have to move on.”
    “Something tells me you wanted to
discuss more than that.”
    “Have you thought about having
more werewolf run businesses in Ashton Grove? I mean, Matt isn’t a werewolf,
but he did hire within the pack. But other than his real estate business, all
we have is Gabriel’s garage and your construction company.”
    “Most of the wolves in the pack
don’t have the know-how to run a business, or the financial backing.”
    “That’s what loans are for.
Besides that, have you thought of hiring a manager for the wolf dorms and the
women’s apartments? You could use the revenue from the rent to pay someone to
handle all calls concerning those areas. You could even hire a maintenance
worker. That would provide at least two jobs, three if you split the managerial
position, having a separate one for the dorms and the apartments.”
    “You make a good point. We’ve
been using the revenue, in part, to pay Ramsey for being a recruiter. But there
is enough left over to hire someone, at least part-time, to manage the two
areas. We could offer a rent discount, or even free rent, as an incentive.
Would that be something that would interest you? You might have to find
something else to help pay the rest of the bills if it was only part-time, but
it would get you started. Keep a roof over your head while you look.”
    “Would the pack provide a
dedicated cell phone just for the job? I wouldn’t use it for personal calls,
but I don’t carry enough minutes on my cell to cover it.”
    He nodded.
    “I’d need to know more about my
responsibilities, the pay and hours. But yes, it would be something that
interests me. It would allow me to stay here, which is what I’d like to do.
Ashton Grove has quickly begun to feel like home to me.”
    “I’ll talk it over with Gabriel
and get back with you in a day or two.”
    She froze. “Gabriel?”
    Connor lifted an eyebrow. “You
have a problem with that?”
    “No, it’s just… I thought he
wasn’t dealing with pack issues right now. No one’s really seen him since…”
    “He’s doing better,” Connor said
softly. “I have a feeling you’ll have your alpha back sooner than you think.
Having Kinley around has been good for him. He’s even been interacting with
Adriel some, and spoke with me just this morning. He isn’t ready to come back
to us yet, but he’s getting there.”
    “If he’d just shift and run, I
bet he would feel better. Everyone’s saying he hasn’t left his house since he
went home that day.”
    “He hasn’t, to my knowledge. That
doesn’t mean that he won’t though. With the right incentive, I believe he’ll
rejoin us. Aislinn assures me that’s going to happen
sooner than we think.”
    If Connor’s mate “saw” Gabriel
rejoining the pack, that was good enough for her. She hadn’t had a chance to
get to know him very well before he’d gone into hiding, but he’d been kind to
her the few times she’d spoken to