He didn’t insult him.
He didn’t remind him of what he had said the day before.
He simply waited.
When the money cleared, Frank nodded to David.
The paperwork was completed.
And that was it.
But there was one more problem for Grant.
Tommy.
The former apprentice who had arrived with Frank was now running one of the county’s largest carpentry companies.
And Tommy had been scheduled to take on the couple’s planned upstairs project.
He refused.
He wasn’t interested in working for clients who treated contractors that way.
That decision made the situation even more uncomfortable for Grant and Melissa.
They had assumed Frank was just one older man working alone.
They had completely misunderstood what his reputation meant.
For nearly 50 years, Frank had built something more valuable than a list of clients.
He had built relationships.
People knew him.
Other contractors knew him.
