Marron soon learned that running a coalition of desperate people had a way of compounding itself. She learned this over the past three days, while she read through the list of vendors who needed partnerships.
There's always something. A story, a complication, or a reason why a 'normal' solution wasn't enough.
One vendor had specialized equipment that required extra insurance. Another worked exclusively with a rare ingredient that needed particular storage conditions. A third had dietary restrictions so specific that potential partner chefs worried about liability.
As Marron burned through the midnight oil, she laughed at herself.
"With how much studying I've been doing, I might've had a career in law."
Culinary law, but law nonetheless.
They'd solved most of them. Twelve chefs now, with the last few partnerships being finalized. Forty-seven vendors secured out of fifty.
Three left. And eight days remaining.
