Chapter 553

Hailey spent the entire morning talking with Harold. She broke down each of his issues, explained every detail, and told him exactly how each matter should be handled. She went through it point by point with a level of thoroughness she had never offered even to Yarrick. On the drive home at noon, she leaned back in her seat with a quiet sigh. "What's wrong? Did you run into a problem?" "I did. A real one." "Oh? Tell me. Let me know what kind of problem it is." "It's Harry. I talked him through things for an entire morning, yapping my mouth off. Why is he so slow with these things?" Hailey closed her eyes for a moment, genuinely tired. "It's all right, honey. This is easy. Just get him a sharp deputy. When someone's that slow, pair him with someone competent who knows the work. As long as he's willing to put in the effort, he'll be fine. If he turns out to be hopeless, then consider moving him to a different post." "Hmm…" The moment she heard that, Hayley understood what Yarr