Next morning when Grace finally stepped out of her condo at 7:30 in the morning, she was relieved to see no sign of Davian in the hallway or anywhere in the entire building or even outside it.
She finally let out a sigh of relief and headed toward her car. She spent the entire night tossing and turning because of that man and his unusual behavior. She was unable to fall asleep for most of the night.
At first, she was worried that she would see him again the moment she would step outside her condo, but thankfully that wasn’t the case. Considering his identity, it was understandable that he didn’t have so much free time to chase after her.
Climbing into the car, she first dropped a message to her landlord before heading toward her destination. After thinking about the matter the previous night, she decided to wrap up her work in the capital city and head to meet Aleena.
Since Davian had found the location of her condo, she no longer wanted to stay there. She had no time to deal with him, especially when he wasn’t even behaving like his normal self.
She spent the first half of the day collecting supply orders at the warehouse and shifting all of them inside her space. She received the last order at 12:40 in the noon and once she was done handling it, she immediately headed to the neighboring city to meet Aleena.
It was one and a half hour drive and it was exactly 2:27 pm when she parked her car in the parking lot of the restaurant where Aleena was waiting for her.
"What’s with the disguise?" Aleena asked when she recognized Grace’s disguise, but was also surprised to see her like that.
"Can’t get noticed going on shopping sprees." Was all Grace said in return before the two found their way to a corner table and had a quick lunch.
After they were done filling their bellies, Grace headed to the warehouse where Aleena had stored the goods, while Aleena headed to receive another batch of goods at a different warehouse.
Once Grace had safely shifted the goods from the second warehouse inside her space, she and Aleena immediately left the city and headed to meet Maven who too was ready with the goods that he was tasked to purchase.
Once again, Grace shifted all the goods inside her space while both Maven and Aleena waited outside the warehouse. Though the latter two had their questions, none of the two voiced them out and just followed Grace’s orders. They knew that their Boss would tell them everything when she would want to.
"Where are we heading next?" Maven asked as he climbed into the driving seat while Aleena took the passenger’s seat and Grace settled down in the back with her tablet sitting on her lap.
"Let’s head to the Agricultural Supply Store in Seven Falls. It’s one of the biggest agricultural supply stores in the country and we need to buy them in bulk." Grace answered from the back.
Maven added the destination on the map and notified, "It will be forty minute drive. We will not be able to arrive there before nine."
"It’s alright." Grace replied as she understood his reason of worry. "We are only going to place our order tonight. So arriving there after nine won’t be really a trouble. But you will need to handle the booking of a warehouse as soon as possible."
"I will handle it immediately." Aleena said as she took out her phone and immediately focused on completing the task.
Just like Maven said, they arrived in Seven Falls half an hour later and by the time their car stopped outside the huge store, it was already 9:13. Without wasting any time, the three of them headed inside and were greeted by one of the employees.
"Hello sir. Hello mams. How can I help you?" The middle-aged man asked politely.
"We are here to bulk purchase agricultural supplies." Grace informed the man who immediately took out his phone to note down the order.
The first order that Grace placed was for seeds. She bought all kind of seeds - staple food seeds, legumes seeds, vegetable seeds, fruit seeds, root and tuber seeds, herbs and medicinal plants seeds, oil and fat-rich seeds, grains and pseudo-grains, survival and foraging plants seeds, etc.
Her next order was for soils - potting soil, compost-rich soil, topsoil, garden soil, raised bed soil mix, and sandy soil for drainage.
For fertilizers, she ordered - compost, aged manure, bone meal, blood meal, fish emulsion, wood ash, rock phosphate, greensand, kelp meal, worm castings, lime, and sulfur.
While looking through the stocks available in the store, she also came across some additional soil additives and immediately placed order for them too. These were - perlite, peat moss, vermiculite, gypsum, and mycorrhizal fungi.
Once seeds, soils, and fertilizers were bought, she moved on to tools that would be required. She ordered - planting pots, shovels, spades, garden hoes, rakes, pitchforks, trowels, hand forks, dibbers, weeding tools, pruners, shears, scythes, sickles, harvesting knives, grain cradle, irrigation supplies, buckets, pails, compost bins, tumblers, soil testing kits, mulching material, sprouting jars, trays, cloning equipment, labels, and markers.
Row covers, netting, cold frames, garden fencing, mortar and pestle, oil press, solar dehydrator, root cellar, whetstone, files, sandpaper, replacement kits, sturdy gloves, protective eyewear, grow tents, grow lights, plant stakes, and trellises.
While the employee looked surprised by such a huge order, he didn’t ask any questions and handled everything professionally.
Grace made the downpayment and left the address of the warehouse with her phone number before she, Aleena, and Maven finally stepped out of the store and headed toward their car.
"Let’s grab dinner on our way to hotel." Grace said as they hit the road.
"What’s the plan for tomorrow?" Maven asked while Aleena searched for a good restaurant near their hotel.
Grace had the coming day already planned, so she immediately answered, "Tomorrow, I want you to receive the order at the warehouse while me and Aleena will head to Silkshire to purchase Livestock."