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That evening the new CEO said
to the new Chairman of the Board, “I haven’t ever slept with someone with the
title Chairman of the Board before.”
She said, “Get used to it for
that is the way of the future.”
He smiled and said I will
look forward to it each and every night.
He said, “Perhaps you will explain
what has happened. I would have been a little more comfortable if I knew you
were going to appoint me as CEO instead of being announced as such. And you
becoming the chairman of the board was also a surprise.”
She said, “Things were
complicated. I was buying up all of the
stock with the idea of returning the company to private ownership. The stock had fallen to it lowest because the
company was nearing bankruptcy and was known as having a private brothel for
the bosses who worked there.
The reason I couldn’t talk
about it was there were a few shares held by some people who had got wind of
what I was doing and they were holding out on selling. They wanted a hundred times the value of the
stock before they would sell.
I knew these people had cheated
on their taxes but needed a little more information. Finally I had enough info and started the
rumor that I was going to call the I.R.S. on them. Shortly they almost gave me the stock and I
let them go their way.
After talking to the girls
they told me of the demands being made on them to keep their jobs and I made
plans to put a stop to that. Shortly it
will be a private ownership and that will be us. Everything is in place to make the company a
success and be known as a place where workers are respected.
Of the few bosses who are
left they are on probation. They would
have been fired except for their families. It will up to you to see that everything runs
as it should since you are the top man, I’ll completely trust you to do what’s
right.”
He said, “Wow, you have been
busy and all the time becoming a new bride.”
She poked him in the side and
said, “In a year’s time we will sell the company for several times what we have
in it and then we will have all our time together.”
He said, “I must be the
luckiest man alive to be found by you for everyone else had given up on me.”
She said, “Maybe you can get
back together with your family in the future.”
He replied, “Maybe, but
sometimes it’s better to let things remain as they are. To try to resurrect the past is an exercise in
futility and it cannot ever be the same as before. They have gone their way and anything I try to
do may be seen as an intrusion into their lives which they do not want.
Another thing that makes it
hard to want to do that is I’m completely satisfied with my family as it is
right now. I want to leave it at that
and we’ll see what happens.”
She said, “That’s fine but
just remember the smell of money changes how families view each other and if
they see you as being successful again someone might come knocking at your
door.”
He said, “What time is it I’m
getting hungry.”
She said, “It’s the cook’s
day off so we can either go out of stay in and I will cook for you.”
“You cook? I can’t imagine you in a kitchen for since we
met you have never cooked anything for me.”
She said, “My mother insisted
that I learn how to cook. She always
said, ‘how are you going to get a man if you don’t know how to cook?’ Do you like Italian?”
He said, “Sure if it isn’t
too Al Dente.”
She said alright, “I’ll keep
it simple. While you fix a salad I will
make spaghetti with meat sauce.”
Soon the food was ready; she
said, “An Italian dinner for two with a green salad and French bread. What more
could one want except for good company and a slice of Brillate Savarin Cheese
for desert?”
He said, “From now on you are
my favorite cook in the world.”
She said, “When the time
comes to free ourselves of business responsibilities we will have many evenings
like this and probably have to baby sit the grandkids. Those daughters seem to
be headed for the altar soon after they graduate.”
He said, “I’m stuffed. Let’s cuddle up on the couch and watch a movie
before - - -”
She said, “Before what?”
He smiled and said, “Before
what ever strikes our fancy.”
To Be continued
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