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Gaylord nodded his head once "Probably a good thing you have so this one" He pointed at Glen

"I’m not sure if that’s a compliment"

"I’m not sure either," Gaylord told him

Before anyone could comment further on Gaylord’s assessment of Glen’s character, the rest of the Morrison clan joined theed her like they knew each other "Monica has toldand the conversation spun around to Dakota and WaltHoas the baby? And hoas Dakota doing with a broken leg?

It didn’t take long for the waitstaff to shuffle the party into the dining roouests A podiule microphone

Once everyone was seated, Jason and Gaylord uests Luckily Jason wasn’t a rambler of bullshit, and Gaylord always had a way to cut to the chase

Jason started before dinner was served "On behalf of my brothers and everyone at Fairchild Charters, ant to thank you all for continuing to call on us when you need to fly I’ll skip the PR portion of "

Glen leaned over to whisper in Mary’s ear "Always had a ords, that one"

Gaylord took the podiuhed

"Years ago when Jason’s father and Iinvolvedwe both brought out our phones to show off the faces of our children It didn’t occur to either of us to bring our client pool together It took those young children to find lives of their own to bring the idea to fruition" Gaylord slapped a meaty palm to Jason’s shoulder "Your father would be proud of all of you"

Jason nodded his thanks

"Now I had so, so eat up Those of you who ordered the fish" He shrugged "Can’t help you there"

The applause was minimal and the waiters descended on the room with the first course

The tables where the Fairchilds and the Morrisons sat were spread auests This was an event to make the customers feel special, not for the fanore everyone else

Still, Glen had a hard ti on anyone other than Mary

Their table was a mix of business executives and their wives or dates It wasn’t uncommon for Glen’s table to house a bachelor or two, but nearly no one arrived at this event dateless The bachelors seldom returned with the same date unless they were on the fast track to reh Darnell sat beside his flavor of the year He’d started dating women who had sleek black hair and olive skin and ouldn’t be caught eating pizza in public Glen never did understand the pencil thin look, but Hugh leaned that way Glen didn’t bother putting towith the Lowtons, the token married couple at the table, about his dot-coed to keep relevant and lucrative ever since Hugh’s date looked bored with the conversation and started talking fashion with Irvin Murray’s datesomeone who Glen had met one time beforebut her na the meal Mary leaned close so only he could hear her "Hoell do you know these people?"

"The Lowtons did business with h’s been a client for half a dozen years nownewit either He’s generous with his executive ement Charters planes for his team constantly"

"I would think most of the people in this room would do that"