Chapter 13 - E Pluribus Unum
Elena had grown to expect that the call with Caroline would mostly be about money. They were in a growth phase now regarding the number of Affiliates and that growth demanded increasing revenue to support the operation. Small contributions from supporters were also growing, in fact they were keeping in step. But there had been a gap between such contributions and the need to support the back end of the operation, which had to grow in response to the Affiliate growth. This gap was filled by revenues donated by the high rollers. As a consequence, Caroline was having an increasingly hard time keeping them under wraps. The work for her was becoming even less rewarding than it had been. Elena knew that and while Caroline was greatly appreciative of Elena’s work as the CEO, Caroline still had the itch to be doing that job herself. Rationally, of course, Caroline knew the stress would be too much and the current arrangement was for the best. But Caroline still had her emotions wrapp...