Chapter 145

We were up early even though the interviews did not start until 9. At breakfast we decided to change things up a little. Since all the employees at this location would report to Lorrie and Marcy we thought they should do the interviews, with Randy and Jenna sitting in. Jenny and I were going to the big office store 20 miles away. We were going to take the prints of the rental space as a guide and buy the office furniture. The advertisement for the office store said they had everything in their show room, including counters.

I called Vicky to see how the night went after we finished breakfast. To my surprise Vicky said that Ching Lee had only been up once in the night and that was to ice her hands and get more Tylenol for pain. She handed the phone to Ching Lee. I asked how she felt.

Ching Lee replied, "I am OK, just sore in a lot of places. I think it is from hitting the wall and the side of my face is a little swollen. I am a little worried about the investigation this afternoon. It's been all over the news. We have been recording it."

"You have nothing to worry about, you did nothing wrong. You came to the aid of someone that was getting severely abused. You took on someone that was evil to the core, more than twice your size. You, Wendy and Janice could all have been severely injured or worse. You did the right thing and by sheer determination and training you prevailed and you will at the investigation," I said. "Jason will take care of you. Do what he tells you to do. Everything will be fine. Do not let what you see in the news bother you. They are using everything in the book for ratings. Do not give any interviews without Jason being with you."

We found a breakfast outlet and then went our separate ways. Jenny and I were at the office supply store when they opened the door. I thought I had been to a big office store but I was mistaken. This one was the size of a Lowes store. Their electronics section alone was larger than any office store I had ever been in. We were approached by a salesman as we were headed for the furniture section.

Bobby Abrams looked at our blueprint, asked a few questions and then walked us back to the section called Store Front & Accessories. In our conversation we found out he was taking flying lessons at the Naples airport and was familiar with site we had rented. In less than an hour we had the complete rental site furnished. We got a high counter with high comfortable office chairs to sit behind it. The counter was built with the outlets installed - just plug and play - in three, four, and six foot sections that securely fastened together. A swinging entrance for employees was at one end. The installers would drill the access hole for computer cables where we wanted them after it was assembled on site.

Four Milton cubicles and chairs, a six foot round table and chairs for meetings and such, a pamphlet rack, four computer terminals and flat screen monitors, a server to link all the computers together, wired internet hookup to the computers, welcome signs, open sign, hours of operation sign, a nice wall clock, a half dozen multi-line phones and a welcome mat made it complete. For the manager's office we ordered a nice desk and chair plus a horizontal file cabinet and a cabinet to keep the server in. For 500 dollars extra they would deliver and assemble it today. It was an easy decision to slide the card through the terminal and sign. The delivery truck and installers would be there by noon. Another 2000 dollars worth of pens, pads paper, a scanner/fax and a small copier, broom, vacuum cleaner, and dust pan and we were on our way.

We ate lunch in the airport café again. Marcy, Lorrie and Jeanna had been interviewing contractors to handle emergency repairs and a cleaning contractor to clean after each vacationer left. They had signed contracts with the best ones. After lunch interviews were to fill in the employees for the rental site.