Business Problems     

     It’s been a month since we have moved into the inn, and I have been sitting at the oak desk at the main entrance, totaling two columns for profits and expenditures. Unfortunately, the expenses were much higher, because father had been giving credit to a number of newcomers, which our business could not afford. 

     While I was telling father about the problem, James Secord walked in with the most beautiful woman, and instantly, I felt annoyance as I realized he had a wife. But, that quickly ended when he explained that the woman, who was named Phoebe, was his niece. After Phoebe left, I went on telling father about the problem and how we should only give credit at the inn during emergency situations. 

     But then, James interrupted, and said that it was fine and that my plans were unnecessary. But what really annoyed me was how father had taken my advice so lightly! He was never prepared for situations like this, and it was the family who suffered. I can't believe that James was giving him bad business advice to father, and now, I am starting to think that maybe James isn't that great after all.