KRISTEN

Dija was taking her time to speak and it was getting me nervous.

"The model we agreed on the other time, is she still available?"

"Oh, yes. She is in the other room as we speak," I said with the best this-is-a-meeting voice I could muster.

"Hmm." Dija nodded and kept her gaze on a portion of the room for almost fifteen seconds. Yes, I was too nervous, so I counted the tick of the clock. "What if I say that I want you to also be in charge of the entire thing? ...