Chapter 1
It was Thursday afternoon when I received a phone call from my buddy Rob. He asked me to meet him for a quick drink after work, something about some exciting news that he might have. I called Jenny my wife, told her I’d be running late, just in case she had anything special planned, and left the office at quitting time.
Rob was already sitting in one of the booths at a nearby pub when I walked in.
“Hey Buddy! Already ordered you a Scotch. That ok?”
“Sure,” I said. I needed one; it had been a long day already as it was. “So what’s all the excitement about?” I asked him.
“You remember a while back I told you about that job opportunity in Seattle? Well, I got the job!” He announced.
Immediately I was both happy for him, and sad too. I knew that it meant that he and Susan would
