those calculations when it hurt so much that I physically had to stop.
“I don’t know.”
Adriana slid a blank sheet of paper toward me.
“Then that’s something we need to calculate too.”
We reviewed every category of work.
Some jobs were profitable.
Others consumed entire days and barely earned anything.
I didn’t leave with a perfect solution.
But I left with numbers I could finally measure.
After that, I sought advice about the commitments Ernesto had already made.
I wrote down every agreement.
Every deposit.
Every date.
Every promise.
