I’ve played with the athletes before in other fundraisers. They are amazing and will be giving us a run for our money today.” Jane smiled, hmm he had a softer side, she liked that. “Yea Michael is over there, you guys are in slot C to start. Good luck.” Brady gave her a devilish grin and walked off. Wow, she was surprised Brady showed up. She didn’t know he made appearances at places that were not a major highlight for the gossip magazines. Her phone made a noise indicating she got a text message. It was from Albert.
Albert: Girl, if you do not pounce on that hunk of meat soon, I am going to!
Jane just shook her head, laughed and replied
Jane: “Girl” go wax your legs or something.
The event started and the golfers took off. While everyone was golfing Jane and Lucy were in the banquet hall making sure the rest of the event was in place, talked to press and touched upon any last details. Before she knew it, golfers, athletes, coaches and families started to trickle back to the clubhouse. The first part of the event went great, better than great. She was getting compliments from every golfer she ran into. She made sure to hand her cards out to everyone and anyone she talked to. Nothing wrong with self-promotion. Everyone was done with golfing and headed into the big banquet hall for healthy sandwiches, baked chips and a variety of sports drinks. Special Olympics was big on recognizing healthy athletes so at their events they tried to promote healthy eating. Easy enough for Jane, she did not have to coordinate some elaborate meal for a bunch of stiff shirts and fancy folk. That was one of her least favorite parts of her job; picking out the food. If it was up to her everyone would get a hot dog, a pat on their back and be sent on their way. Even though she was serving healthy sandwiches from the local deli, everyone seemed to enjoy them. The day was flying by. It became time for speeches and awards and since she had been so busy she still did not get a chance to meet the contributor, she hoped they didn’t think she was rude. She was so concerned with everything going so well around her she forgot to introduce herself. After all the awards and speeches she would introduce herself and thank them for giving her the opportunity to make this event happen. This event was giving her a lot of exposure for her company and she could not be more grateful for the opportunity. Lucy took the podium and rallied all the participants in the room. “Thank you so much for taking the time out of your Saturday to come and support Special Olympics. Our athletes are so grateful for your time and donations. Because of the success this event brought , we are going to be able to continue our programs and supply our athletes with more appropriate equipment and some new uniforms. We would like to call up one of our biggest supporters and catalysts for this event today; Brady Matthews.” The world around Jane froze in time as she heard Brady’s name called to the podium. Jane knew she looked ridiculous because her jaw fell to the floor and she had to be poked by Albert to stop gaping. She could not believe it, Brady Matthews put this event together and hired her to make it happen. He hired her! He must have thought she had some talent in order to pull this event off in a week but he had never seen her work so what was he getting at? What were his motives? Was this another way for him to get into a women’s pants? Jane shook the pessimistic though out of her head as she watched Brady hug some of the Special Olympic athletes before he made it to the podium. Maybe she should stop questioning the man and just admit that she was shocked that she was wrong about Brady, he had a heart, a very generous heart especially after all the things she heard about him and what he did for Special Olympics. An overwhelming feeling washed over Jane’s body as her heart started to warm toward Brady which was not a good thing.