The Bound Between Us

Chapter 1026

Herman's worries finally came true.

The permit still hadn't come through, and he'd had a bad feeling something was about to go wrong.

"Nelson, get in touch with Mr. Goad right now. I'll take him out for dinner tonight," Herman said.

Mr. Goad was the man to talk to at customs.

Nelson shook his head. "Mr. Salstrom, I've already tried. His secretary says he's fully booked-even into next month. They're obviously dragging their feet, stalling us for a couple of weeks. If we can't deliver on time, there's no way to explain it to the buyer."

Nelson had been working alongside Herman for years, and had gotten good at anticipating problems before they even landed on Herman's desk.

He always tried to handle things before Herman had to give instructions.

Herman paused, thinking. "Where's Mr. Goad tonight?"

"I checked-he's having dinner with Mr. Taylor at the Crescent Grill."

"Guess we'll have to catch him there." Herman didn't seem too bothered. He waved Nelson off. "Go get started, clear my schedule tonight."

"Understood, Mr. Salstrom."

Nelson turned to leave, but Herman added, "Let Henry know I'll need him with me tonight."

"Yes, Mr. Salstrom," Nelson said, and headed out.

Once Nelson was gone, Herman lit a cigarette and settled into his chair, mulling over the situation with Mr. Walker.

going to

have to switch up the plan. So be it-he'd take Walker head-on if he had

city

it home from

Herman wasn't back yet.

twins were still awake, and Pattie had

the TV. She tried to distract them, "Too much screen time will hurt

their show and didn't even hear

Won't go to bed. Last time your mom let them watch, I said kids shouldn't get hooked on TV so

gotten used to this. In Katelyn's eyes, every one of the

my

and just forgot to turn it off, so

didn't look pleased. She always felt like

hands. "Emmie, Nancy, TV off-time to go upstairs and get ready

grabbed

to take them

started school, Liana had become their live-in tutor, looking after Emmie and Nancy's

with Liana, waving at Anastasia as they went. In their sweet little voices,

sweethearts," Anastasia called after them. "Be good-don't kick off

well the

I say

Anastasia said nothing.

clearly aimed at

always been

her a glass of orange juice and handed it