Just One Surprise (BILLIONAIRE BARONS OF TEXAS #11) by Chris Keniston EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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“How did it go?” Cooper Baron’s assistant Katrina crossed into his office.
“Same as always. I present the city with perfectly detailed plans and
they want more.”
Chuckling softly, Katrina shook her head. “Like you didn’t know that
was going to happen.”
The woman was right. He’d been overly optimistic when he submitted
the plans for the permits. “After all, I’ve only helped Rachel gut and rebuild
more houses than the pencil pushers at city hall could count on all their
hands and feet.”
“I know.” She crossed her arms. “How bad is it?”
He shook his head. “Not terribly. They want an additional cross-beam. I
know it’s not needed. You know it’s not needed. And I suspect so does city
hall, but nowadays it’s all about CYA.”
“We have become the most litigious society in the world.”
“Lucky us.” Tilting his drafting table another inch, he finished making
the requested changes. Thankfully, Rachel didn’t have the demolition on her
latest project scheduled to start for another couple of weeks. That would be
plenty of time to get city hall on board. Things were much easier before
Chuck Nelson retired. After more than a decade working together, they’d
developed a streamlined rapport. Now it looked like Cooper was going to
be starting all over.
It also struck him that in this case, his last name had worked as a strike
against him. Every once in a while—okay, more often than not—the Baron
family name opened doors and cut through red tape. But sometimes it
stirred resentment in folks who felt life had come too easily to anyone with
that last name. He’d be an idiot to argue there weren’t perks to being a
Baron. The biggest perk had absolutely nothing to do with power or
prestige and everything to do with the love and support of a very large
family. Despite Baron Enterprises having its fingers in everything from
hotel resorts and restaurant chains, to sports teams and venture projects, the
family’s best benefit was just that, family.
Even though there were enough
Baron grandchildren to form a small city, they all knew each other, played
with each other, worked with each other, and loved each other. And more
importantly, had each other’s backs, no questions asked.
Of course, having a surly retired Marine for a grandfather posed its own
challenges, but in the end, love and respect trumped it all.
“Any updates on the new project manager?” Katrina picked up a stack
of folders from the outbox on his desk.
Yes, nowadays everything was electronic, but he believed in paper
backups for almost everything. Probably his grandfather’s fault. “Well, she
hasn’t changed her mind and run for the hills, if that’s what you’re asking.”
“Last I heard she was either reporting for work this Thursday or next
Monday.”
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