“If it’s us…” he said slowly. “Then…. then we have a problem. It shouldn’t be this way. We shouldn’t be this way, really not”
Yochi tapped Eli T. on the shoulder on their way out from Minchah.
“How’s it going?”
T. flashed a thumbs up. “Great! Working our way through my list. We’ll get there, b’ezras Hashem. It’ll be okay, Yochi, really. You can relax.”
“Yeah,” Yochi muttered. “Uh… so what do you think of Berkowitz?”
They strode through the lobby in the direction of the kitchen. “He’s good,” Eli T. said. He nodded earnestly. “Really good. You found the perfect person. He has a knack for it, and he’s really pleasant to work with. Very hachna’ahdig, know what I mean?”
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