“I won’t take forever,” Max promised. “Give me a week. I’ll have you an answer before your business picks up, and time enough for me to give some notice before the holidays.” Because he would need to give two weeks notice to his current job.
Turning, he put the papers up somewhere safe before he started taking out all of the ingredients and putting together the meal, dicing, sautéing, mixing... “By the way, nice wine selection.”