"Perfect."
I immediately look up.
"This is exactly what we needed," he continues. "I don't think there's any reason to wait any longer."
I feel a slight emptiness in my stomach.
"What do you mean?" I ask, though I already have an idea.
He smiles. "I'll give the order today."
My chest expands.
"We're going to start construction."
For a second… I don't say anything. I can't. It's as if my mind needs to process it, absorb it, believe it.
"The site study is approved," he continues. "The architects are ready, the engineers too. In a month…" He pauses, looking at both of us. "In a month we can be opening in Boston."
My breath catches… A month, a month… I feel something inside me fill up. An emotion rises from my chest to my throat.
“We did it…” I murmur, almost without real
