Chapter 290

• This was no ordinary business meeting. Although it was listed in the ledger as a meeting of the board of directors, the real purpose of this meeting was to talk about fulfilling a promise made amongst friends many years ago.
• In the early days of our business we had been meeting at John's cabin as a way to escape the pressures of the city while we planned our futures. We were young and full of ambition and vigor.
• One fateful evening, after rounds of heavy drinking, we found ourselves in the hot tub with John's daughter, Becca. Like my own, Becca was a beautiful girl. Tall, slender, with pale skin and bright red hair. We had often teased John about her, talking about how all the boys must be after her. Secretly, these were all just projections of our desires to be with her.