Remarkable Progress

Avery

I spent Friday night buried in real estate books instead of buried under Declan Pierce. Progress, I suppose.

"Understanding Commercial Property Development" stared back at me from my coffee table, mocking me with its heft and academic tone. I'd made it through twenty pages before my eyes glazed over. The stack of books Declan had given me loomed like a paper Tower of Babel.

"Okay, Avery," I