"I know our firm can manage it, and we can make some adjustments to accommodate you and our existing customers, as well as new customers. If you agreed to have us be your food researchers and formulators for your branches here, we could grow at any moment and add excellent staff." Gavin kept asking me questions for half an hour, but the final sentence he said upset me. "Ms. Clarkson, thank you for addressing all of my questions. You and your team did an excellent job of preparing for this day. But we still need to study everything, and we wanted to take our time before making a choice because I want to be sure we won't be sorry." Gavin mentioned this. He was being absurd, claiming that it may not be appropriate to partner with us when he was the one who proposed that we engage i

