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What was it they’d said? When you know, you know.
West had known all along.
He was just like his brother at times though he hated to be compared.
“Sounds like it’s all working out for you,” Laken said, hugging them both. “See, I can be soft with my brothers.”
It must have been the shocked look on their faces. “You can be,” Braylon said. “You need to let other people know that too.”
Laken waved her hand. “Nah. I’m good this way. And Abby is going to call me about work, right, West?”
“She will,” West said. “I’m shocked I was able to get her to agree to it, but it helped with everything you said on Thanksgiving.”
“What am I missing?” Braylon asked. He assumed Abby would be moving here. “You said Abby would never work for you.”
“She’s not going to work for West,” Laken said. “She’s going to work for me.”
He kept the frown from his face. He’d love if Lily could work with Laken but wouldn’t ask that.
“Doing what? I thought she did HR?”
“She does,” Laken said. “But she writes all the policies and procedures. Handbooks and such. I can’t deal with that with each acquisition. It’s getting harder and harder to shuffle duties and communication around. I’ve said before I needed someone on my team to deal with those things. At Thanksgiving I joked—but wasn’t really joking—that I needed someone with Abby’s skills. She can work remotely or come in with West if she wants. Everything she will do will be behind the scenes.”
“She isn’t going to travel with you?” he asked.
“I doubt it. Unless she wants to. She and I will figure it out,” Laken said. “The paperwork is getting out of hand at times. She’s organized and I need that.”
“You also need an assistant,” West said.
His sister waved her hand. “I’ve got it covered. It’s not my fault my brother buys something new every time I turn around.”
Braylon kept his mouth shut when he wanted to say Lily would be great.
They’d think he was nuts, and after two months, the last thing he should be doing was making that suggestion.
Lily wouldn’t want it anyway.
“Got to find something for Nelson to settle in at,” West said. “Then there’s Talia.”
“Don’t remind me,” Laken said. “I’m out of here.”
“Did I miss anything else at Thanksgiving?” he asked.
“I wasn’t there long enough,” West said. “Just the holiday and you know how crazy it is with all of us together. Laken and Foster flew home with Abby and me on Friday morning.”
West and Abby had to get to Colonie for the wedding on Saturday.
“They probably loved having the excuse to leave early,” he said.
“Foster never likes being with everyone,” West said.
“And he hates flying commercial. Especially during the holidays.”
“Laken is a pro at jumping on planes, but she said she had things to do.”
“Do you think she’ll ever slow down?” he asked.
“I doubt it,” West said. “She’s like you and wants to prove herself to me. You both can relax. You’ve done it.”
