Lisa and Mrs. Smithy were sitting alone at the mahogany table. They had spent the remainder of their time with the four rich men working out additional details of the town’s current facilities, contractual details, and price arrangements. It was the first time for Lisa to actually conduct a legitimate business deal outside of her schooling. Fortunately, Mrs. Smithy was kind enough to assist and explain the more confusing details. After all it was well over two hundred years and countless days of fighting since Lisa had learned about marketing practices.
The four men said that they would return once their schedules worked out but assured them that it would take no more than a few days. Mr. Cline also said that he would be sending a ship or two ahead of time to collect the first load of scr
