The moment I turned off my phone and placed it back inside my purse, Vance’s blank expression shifted and his smile returned.
Then, he cleared his throat and moved on. “Oh right. We were talking about compressed grain shipments, right?”
I nodded, smiling as I watched him go back to his notes. I had no doubt in my mind that he had so many questions for me after my last call, but he had decided it was better to secure a deal than to be nosy.
It didn’t take long before we were both engrossed in making sure my order was fulfilled. Initially, I had planned a budget of six figures for everything, but it didn’t take long before I realized I had been too optimistic.
The price of everything started small, but as I kept on adding other things that I needed, including full-on water filtration s
