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The first half of the guests trickled in Some showed up in their own cars while others arrived in a bus chartered by the hotel

We’d gone over everything twice, if not five tih the set-up until we had the transition down between the first and second set of guests

The compromise we’d set was for the first half of the day to be more laid back, fun, low stakes activities more focused on health and beauty, while the second set would be where we’d do the paintball fun, giving everyone a bit of what they wanted

Zara would take the lead in theand I’d step up in the afternoon But the open bar was a fav with both crowds Who didn’t love top shelf booze? My eyes had bulged when I’d seen the budget line for alcohol

Winthorpe wasn’t ski as no one screwed up the key cards The servers were dressed casually in button-downs and jeans, which helped everyone blend instuffy

There were a few furtive glances here and there, but I prayed they were for nized me

One of the servers walked in a slow circle, checking the trays as they passed

“If you’re looking for the restocking station, it’s past the entleed Odds e didn’t have any servers over fifty

I s today, are you?”

The older hed and shook his head “Not exactly, but I’ht I could be”

“Don’t stand too still or soht shove a tray into your hands It happened to me earlier”

“You weren’t offended?” He leaned against the white fence ringing the event space

“I got to eat a whole tray of the bacon-wrapped shrihed “It was an honest uest wasn’t the best way to kick off a good client relationship