CHAPTER 3

The Grind

Monday, Day 15 of 28

I was still thinking about Emily when we left the Charlotte airport in a rental car with Evan and Alex. Did the date go well or not, I wondered? Emily was probably the toughest woman to read that I have ever met. I never felt in control when I was around her. It is as if I was playing chess with Kasparov, she was always five steps ahead of me.

“Thinking about the plant visit?” asked Evan, who sat next to me in a front passenger seat, after I stayed quiet for a while driving the car.

“Yes,” I lied.

“Anything you want us to do during our visit?” he asked, and I just realized that I have not given him or Alex any direction at all for this week.

“You just follow my lead and learn, but keep your eyes wide open. ...

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