Chapter 257

“You dropped this, Ma’am,” smiled Steve as handed her the phone. “Now where were we? Where did Mr. Hardy go? I thought he wanted to ask us more questions.”

After he spoke, Steve broke into a hearty laugh. Soon all of the reporters were laughing with him. The laughter continued even after Steve returned to his seat. Gwen was grinning as she moved ahead to speak into the microphones.

“I have some other information I want to share with you. Clyde Davis, our friend and manager, has joined with a few substantial investors, along with Jordan, Steve and me to form ‘The Lady in Red Productions.’ It’ll take over the production and marketing of our line of swim suits and evening wear. To that end, we have purchased the Lerner Building just down the street. It will serve as company headquarters as well as be used to manufacture the clothing line. We expect to hire about fifteen people immediately. We’ll no longer be paying other companies to make our products. We’ll guarantee that