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“I never got to know the guy too well,” she said. “He followed Adam’s lead most of the time.”
“Well, he needs to get back and do some leading now.” I didn’t want to hear that the company was in a precarious situation. I was on the brink of creating an opportunity for myself, but I needed the company to be stable for it to happen.
“Maybe he will,” Pamela said thoughtfully, sadness still visible in the lines around her wide brown eyes.
“How’s your little guy?” I asked, turning the topic and hoping to see her smile.
It worked. “He’s great,” she said. “He’s starting preschool soon.”
“Seriously? Is he already that big? Wait, doesn’t school normally start in the fall?”
She nodded. “Normally, yes. But they had an opening, so he’s starting in February.”
“So preschool this year and then kindergarten next fall?” I asked.
“He’ll actually do a couple years of preschool, so he’ll be almost six when he starts kindergarten.”
I nodded my understanding, chewing a fry as I thought about what a huge responsibility that was, being responsible for someone else’s education.
Pamela made a face. “I’m terrified, but he’s so excited. It’ll be weird not having him here at the Cody daycare.” She swallowed a sip of tea and looked at me, her eyes wide. “I fear change.” She said it deadpan, to make it funny, but I knew it was true.
“We all do,” I assured her, laughing. “But change can be a good thing, too.” I was speaking as much to her situation as to my own.
She sat up straighter in her chair. “I hope you’re right.”
