Chapter 26: MaroonDear Bump,
Nick keeps saying we’re going to hear from Norway any time now and that it’s going to be excellent news, that he feels it, that he knows this project is meant to be.
I can only nod and force a smile to my face, while inside, I’m dying of shame. I messed everything up. I ruined his chances.
We’re never going to open that school and it’s my fault. Two days ago, I received an email from Berjit and her team. She’d returned some of the documents I’d sent her, including the revised business plan and subvention forms. She couldn’t understand all the discrepancies and numerous mistakes in the calculations. She was disappointed in the general lay out of the five-year strategic plan I’d constructed.
After reading her email, I sat at my computer, locked into my office
