As we walked the short distance to the car I was thinking about Jordan's comments about Heidikamp as it was unusual for him we to be negative and he rarely offered an opinion. He just kept his head down and did his job in a way that was efficient and yet didn't piss anyone off. Once in the Mustang I turned left onto Second Avenue, heading towards town. Heidkamp immediately said, Mike there is a shorter way. I shrugged and said I know and it is more complicated and the Pitt students are starting to move out. There was no reply to that and that surprised me. It wasn't long when I turned right onto Grant Street. There was little traffic and we were quickly at the Greyhound Bus station and I turned onto Liberty Avenue. It was just 2 blocks to 12 th Street and I turned left. This was the beginning of the Strip District. Back in a day there was a large terminal where lots of items were received but mostly fruits and vegetables. Now the place was famous for Worley's Fish Market, Permanties Brothers that made a uniquely Pittsburgh sandwich. Then there were unique shops, restaurants and bars. As usual traffic was a mess and when I decided to drive right up the heart of the district Heidikamp bitched asking why I didn't go around the traffic. I simply asked, so am i inconveniencing you? There was no answer but he was clearly pissed. Well Bill, you should have sent an associate. He snapped and replied, they don't do residential shit. I laughed out loud and said, so you don't either and you are not professional enough to help me out by doing the minimum. Now I was pissed and took the first left turn available then turned left again on Smallman Street and into the first parking lot. I took the ticket from the machine and as the gate went up I handed Heidikamp the ticket and said, be sure to expense that. He smiled and said if you had bothered to ask me the parking at the building was free. I simply pulled into a space and got out. Heidkamp got out and said this way and pointed to a building. On the way I thought I should be nicer even if it was obvious we were going to have a hard time getting along. He was inconvenienced and I was, well I was Mike.
We had pulled into the parking lot from Smallman Street and walked towards the Allegheny River. The next street was Railroad Street and the newly renovates building was called Waterfront Place. The building was about 12 stories high and very wide. Heidikamp tried the door and it was locked. Me moved over to the keypad which also contained a speaker and he pushed the button. In a few seconds I heard, how can we help you? Heidkamp replied, I have an appointment to view an apartment. Sir, your name? The reply was Heidikamp just open the door. The voice replied, someone will be there shortly. Heidkamp loudly replied just open the door. There was no reply and repeated pushing the button got no reply. It took about 3 minutes and a guy about 30 years old and a clean cut short beard and a fitted suit appeared and opened the door. Heidikamp walked right in and I looked at the guy and said, good afternoon I'm here to look at an apartment, I'm Mike Simmons and handed him by business card. The guy said thanks, I'm Bob Lakitz. Ignoring Heidikamp he asked Mike, what do you have in mind? I smiled and said well a 2 bedroom on the corner with a view and as high up as you have available. Mike that starts at $1,300 a month, is that in your budget. Heidikamp laughed and said dude, I sent your boss Mike's credit history a month ago. Would you please get Jack so we can have someone more informed. I shot Bill a look and looked at Bob and said Bob, that's not a problem and let's see what you have.
As we started to the elevator I quietly pulled Heidikamp aside and said Bill, thanks for setting this up you should take a cab back to your car, I have this. Oh, I'll see you tomorrow in my office at 1:30. Mike, I have a meeting. Before he could go on further I said Bill, that's correct, you have a meeting in my office at 1:30. With that I went to the elevator and met Bob. As soon as the elevator door closed Bob asked Mike, I'm sorry if I caused a problem? Bob, you didn't and that was brewing all day. Where we going. Mike I have what you are looking for but it isn't on the top floor it is on the 10th floor, we have 12 floors and 4 apartments on each floor. Bob, what are the other residents like. Mike, for the most part they are young professionals. A mix of singles and couples there are also a couple of older couples. Mike, it is a really quiet environment as there are a number of local places to blow off steam. Mike, I knew you could afford the rent I was determining how much you wanted to spend as I'm aware you will be spending a lot of time in Blacksburg. Bob, the house in Baldwin is a bit crowded as my dad remarried and had a kid so I moved to the apartment above the garage. My step brother will be getting married so he needs the apartment. I have no plans to move back home after I leave for school so I need a place. We walked to a door and the number on the door was 1224. Bob punched in a code and he held the door open and I went in. I went right to the window and there was a fantastic view of the river and the Spring Hill neighborhood. The other view was the Lawrenceville neighborhood and the damn Cathedral of Learning in the distance. That was the center of the University of Pittsburgh. Everything was first class and the kitchen was fully equipped with a large marble counter. All the rooms were were large and there was a great bathroom and a powder room and one bedroom was large enough for a king bed and the other would accommodate a Queen bed. There was another door and there was a clothes washer and a dryer stacked on top of each other. Bob, just let me look around and was ready for questions.
So Bob, you said $1,300 a month what upgrades are there. Mike, another $210 a month and we leave it furnished as you see it. Bob this stuff isn't me into classics. He looked at me and I smiled and said well Knoll, Eames, Noguchi, Chadwick and Planter to mention a few. Bob shook his head and said, if you say so. Also Bob, I want hardwood floors and you guys can supply that. Mike, I'll see what I can do. Oh Bob, I'm assuming parking is included in the rent. Mike one cay is and you can pay $20 a month for a second space. I said Done, please send me the lease and I'll get you 2 months rent. I'll assume that the security will be covered by that. Mike, you will have the documents by noon tomorrow and we will hold the apartment for 72 hours. In the elevator Bob said Mike, I hope you understand that with the changes you made to the flooring the place will be available June 1st. I shrugged and said that's cool. In the lobby we shook hands and I went to the car and back to the office.
At the office I had to do the security thing and went straight to HR and knocked on Maggi's door. She laughed and asked, so what did you do now? I explained the situation with Heidikamp and Maggie laughed. Mike, who is HR at Enterprises? Well Maggie, I believe I'm looking at her. Michael you need to separate those two Corporations. Maggie, I'll get to that eventually. Mike what do you want to do? Maggie, I'm not sure but scarring the crap out of him is on the agenda. Firing him isn't happening but I hope he simply quits. Maggie, can you figure something out and meet with me in my office tomorrow at 1:00 he will be here for a 1:3o meeting. Mike if 12:30 for me and have Tim join us at 1:00. I said thanks and went to see Jordan. I discussed everything with him and he said before any money changed hands Tim needs to review the lease. With that, I went to my office, tired but a bit excited about apartment. All that was left was to send Tim a message and that took me about 10 minutes. I laughed when the message was immediately returned saying Mike, I'm aware, see you tomorrow. With that all done I closed my computer and headed for the gym.
At the gym JJ was already there and changed. He came up to me put one around me and I was shocked when the other hand found my crouch and he whispered MJ, I can't wait to see if I can make this work. I pulled away, pulled down my pants and I was a tad more than semi hard and said be careful what you wish for. I quickly got changed and we spent the next 90 minutes working out and chatting in the Sauna. JJ asked if I was being nice to Winnie and I said we hadn't talked but did you want to double date on Saturday and go to the opening of my new Sports Bar and Marina, there will be a local band. JJ, it can be practice for the Prom. JJ laughed and asked does that include fucking them at your place? I shrugged and said JJ, that could be on the agenda but I have a head doctor appointment on Saturday but I'll see if I can move it till later. When the time in the sauna was over we showered and headed to the Tavern to eat.
There was the usual one beer and great sandwiches. There was. No charge for the food and this time JJ put a couple of 20s on the table and we headed Tony place in separate vehicles. At my place JJ grabbed 2 beers and handed me one. We were quiet then JJ asked Mike, do you remember when we met? I laughed and said sure. You got out of the back seat of your dad's jet, tossed me a barf bag, said good luck and went somewhere with your buddy Rob. JJ laughed and said well I wasn't happy as I was moving above the Mason Dixon Line. JJ I quickly found out that you weren't a total ass. MJ, why did we stop with the bets? JJ, we moved to the point we didn't need an excuse to have sex, we just out grew that. I have to tell you my entire life is a bet. MJ, how is that? Well JJ, right now there are two buildings rising out of the ashes of a steel mill. I'm betting on that going well and betting that Technologies can expand and fill a sizable portion of the building. Then I'm betting that I can get the military interested in drones. Hell I'm betting on starting at VT as a first year player. JJ, I have millions on the line as well as my reputation as an athlete. There are times that I am scared shittless. I leaned in and kissed JJ and whispered, let's see if you can get my cock hard. I leaned in to start making out and hoping that led to some oral fun but JJ pushed me away. MJ I'm betting that Winnie wants to have sex with you and you give in and that you cock gets hard and you have fun. I laughed and said, fine just suck my cock, I'm already dripping. JJ immediately got on his knees and went down on my throbbing cock. It was fun but the dude wanted it kinky so I pushed him away and said. Dude, that not good enough. Get up strip and go to my room and lay on the bed and I want your head hanging over the edge. JJ looked at me and I smiled and said JJ, now would be a good time.
JJ just stood up and stripped naked, throwing his jeans, shoes, socks and underpants on the floor. I gathered it all up, went into my room and put his shit on my desk chair. I want over to JJ and I stood over him with my balls inches from his lips and I said Open your mouth. I wanted my balls licked to start and there was no reaction from JJ's lips. Again I said JJ, open your mouth. Still no reaction. I knelt down and got real close to his face and said dude, open up because I know how to get you to open it. Again no reaction so I stood up and pinched his nose so tight no air was getting in. Eventually he had to breathe so his mouth opened. I smiled and said JJ if I have to do it that way again I'll shove something in you won't like and it won't be my cock. With that he opened his mouth and I shoved my cock in that hole and it was so deep he choked. I was an intense throat fucking and JJ was rapidly jacking off. When I shot it was so deep in his throat I would bet he didn't taste it. His cum shot all over his chest. When we were finished we kissed and I asked, so was thar good for you? He smiled and said, yup. We chatted for a while but I had no clue what he was thinking and why he wanted it that way. I was all in for the bet. I knew there would be some with teammates next year and I just laughed as that was the first time I thought of the guys at VT as teammates.
I dressed in a suit suite and put on running shoes and headed for house as I wanted to chat with dad and Megan. Inside, I found Megan on the loveseat and dad on the phone in his office smoking a cigarette with a drink beside him on the desk. I went right to the refrigerator looking for iced tea. Finding none I settled for ice water. I sat on a club chair and Megan said Mike, there is no iced tea as you don't stop in here much at all, so what's up? Mom, how is Cole? Megan laughed and said that wasn't even a good pivot, you know as much about him as I do so what's up? Dad must have heard he come in and he appeared and sat in the other club chair. Dad said, well Mike this is unusual what brings you here? I laughed and said, ok no chitchat. I looked at an apartment today in the strip district. It's 2 bedrooms, 2 baths and parking for 2 vehicles and it's a corner unit on the 10th floor. Jordan and Tim will review the lease and if I take it it be moving there in early June. It's a 3 year lease and the rate holds for the term of the lease. I think Cole should have the apartment over the garage. Megan looked at me and asked, why? Well, I never intended to move back home after I left for school. That was before all the money and other shit. This just moves things up a month. Then I looked at dad and asked, isn't that correct as we had talked about it. Dad, shrugged and said that's right but I was always hoping that wouldn't happen that way. Mike, why not buy something and not throw money away with a lease. Mom, security and other issues would make the price the same and it's the one thing I won't have to be responsible for. Oh, before you ask is is $1,300 a month, Mike why 2 bedroom, is someone moving in with you. I laughed and said, no it's for guests and visitors as I'm sure there will be more than a few. Then Megan said Mike, thanks for the heads up. I have nothing to say and if I did it wouldn't matter as you can legally and financially do what you want. Megan, remember that when Cole turns 18 as he can legally and financially do what he wants. Oh, he has a 3 stroke lead in the current tournament and if he wins again there will be multiple endorsements and Brinks trucks in the driveway. The Open is at one of his favorite courses and a win there is beyond comprehension. There was silence for a while and dad had nothing to say. Guys there is something else. There is the grand opening of my restaurant and marina Saturday evening and you guys should get a sitter and stop by. Dad said Mike, I knew about that and we will try to stop by. Megan laughed and said Mike, we will be there. I smiled and said thanks and I reserve a weather appropriate table. Dad then said Mike, make it seating for 8. I was surprised and said done, have a good night and I went to my place. I heard Megan ask dad, so who are the other 6. I paused as I wanted to hear this and he said your law clerks, they are already confirmed. At my place I simple prepped the coffee and jumped into bed.
I met JJ for the run and asked dude, you ok? JJ smiled and said yes. I knew you didn't want sex that way but I need to see how far you would go and do something you didn't want to. JJ, do you have anything else in mind? MJ, I don't I know you love me and I needed to check. That won't happen again. MJ, things are going to change in a big way and I'm worried it won't work out, I need you as the one constant in my life. We stopped running and hugged and walked back to the house.
School was no issue as now the teachers were slacking off and the Senior class was good with that. After science class I asked Winnie if she wanted to go to the opening Saturday night. She said she had to check her calendar then laughed and said sure. I told her I would pick her up at 4:30 and then added the JJ and a date would be joining us. She laughed and said I know as Amy told me. With that done I had a busy Friday as I had to deal with Heidikamp and check with Jake and Sam. At the office beside the usual security stuff I was handed a large envelope.
I knew it was the lease. I looked at it in the elevator and on the 4th floor I went right to the copier and made 3 copies. I asked the receptionist to get a copy to Jordan and she said Mike, he is in your office. I said thanks and Jordan was there and so was Tim sitting in the Eames Lounge chairs talking. I put the envelope on the table and Tim said Mike, we got those this morning and everything is in order, are you sure you want to do this or are you reacting because you are pissed about something. Guys, I'm sure and once I left for VT I was never moving back home. That's all there is and I explained it to dad last night. Besides they need the apartment for Cole, it's their only chance to keep him close. Jordan looked at me and asked, so you look at one place, don't negotiate the price and are good to go. I laughed and said I was so pissed off at my real estate agent I didn't act like I usually do. Jordan said well I did what I do and the lease is revised the flooring is at their cost and rent is now $1,175 for 2 years and $1,300 for the third year with an option for a 4th year at $1,300. All you need to do is sign where indicated. I looked at Tim and he shrugged and said it's WAM and you can always sublet it. I signed the lease and Jordan took all the papers, leaving me a copy saying now I need to get to work or no one gets paid next week.
Tim and I haven't had much time alone and we spent this rare opportunity to chat and catch up on things. I was glad that his firm was doing well and that he was thinking about adding an associate. We had a great 15 minutes and that ended when the door flew open and Maggie appeared plopping her ass in one of the chairs saying, sorry I'm late I was reading Heidikamp's employment contract and Jordan handed me these. I was handed a bunch of expense reports. I looked at a few of them and in each case items on the report were declined and while the total requested was always lower there were a lot of expenses that were approved. It seemed that he had a lot of lunch and dinner meetings and always at the best restaurants. What pissed me off there was very little detail about the meetings or who the clients were. I noticed Tim was doing a much deeper dive into the expense reports and I knew that they were going to be an issue.
I looked at Maggie and asked, so what did you see in your reading of the contract? Well you have him restricted as to where he can go if he quits or is fired for cause. Then you backed that up by copying the HR policies of this place and adopted them to Enterprises. You made mistake by not paying attention to his day to day activities and simply looked at the numbers. Standard Properties if very profitable but has two clients Technologies and Highmark. Every time people around here fart, Standard Property designers reconfigure their workspace and get paid. Mike, you pay yourself so it's not a real increase in money, it just moves from your right pocket to your left pocket. Tim laughed saying, as usual she is very colorful and correct.Mike, before you blame Jason and accounting you set that up and they have reduced the submitted expense reports by about 20%. With that Tim got up and went to the credenza near the conference table and made a phone call. About 10 minutes later Tim returned and said Mike, I just checked and Technologies is responsible for about 22% of Standard Properties income so it is still very profitable but they have 3 clients. Technologies, Highmark (which you gave them) and they manage a small commercial building in town in Market Square. I leaned back, took a big breath and said, Fuck.
Just then my desk phone rang and I got up and when I said, what's up Chief Callahan said Mike, there are 2 guys here and they said they have a 1:30 appointment with you. Sue, one of them does, please ask who the other one is? She came back and said Robert Stokes an attorney And Bill Heidikamp. Sue, please do the usual security check and at 1:30 escort them to my office. Maggie asked, so what's up? Well, Heidikamp brought an attorney with him. Maggie laughed and said, good for him, this might be fun. Tim immediately asked, so who is the lawyer? Tim, the Captain said someone named Bob Stokes. Tim, looked at Maggie and said well it will be fun because 2 of the 3 stooges are here.
When the Chief affixed with the 2 guests in tow, I thanked her and said that there was no need for her to wait as I will call down when we were finished. I shook Heidikamp'S hand and said thanks for coming and that was greeted with a grunt. Bill, please have a seat. Then I looked at the attorney and said good afternoon Mr, Stokes, please grab a chair from over there, pointing to the conference table, and join us. I was sending a message that he could stay but he was not a equal. Tim stood up and went to Stokes and said, good afternoon Bob, it's been a while. Stokes smiled and said well not long enough and moved his chair next to his client.
I sat down and Tim looked at me and I knew he was asking that I remains calm and start slow. I smiled back and he knew that The ship ad,left the dock. Bill I asked you here today for a semi annual review but before we start with that I want to address the situation yesterday. Bill you need to understand that your grumpy mood, rude treatment of me and the people at the building were unproductive and demeaning and I have no intention of putting up with it. Bill immediately said, Mike and I said well I'm talking and if you interrupted me again this will be one of the shortest meeting I have ever had. Bill, as I was about to say, I have asked very little of you and me wanting your help in finding an apartment should have been seen as a reasonable request. You came up with 3 locations, one was unacceptable as it was a complicated route to the office, another was in a location was unsuitable because we are about to build 2 stadiums in the area and implode another. I thought I was making things easier on you by limiting the visits to the only possible location. Then you were rude to the person showing the apartment so I sent you away in a cab. Next time, if that occurs, I'll Simply terminate you on the spot. There was a smile and Bill said, Mike you can't do that and besides I bring in too much business. Bill, I know how much business you bring in. Hell, I even know how that business arrives and the profit it generates, but that's a discussion for a bit later. Maggie here is the HR Department head and I'll ask her to weigh in on weather I can dismiss you you for being rude, unprofessional and and demonstration an image that sheds bad light on the company. Maggie, please inform Bill as to my responsibilities. Maggie smiled and said Bill, Mike has that ability, you should read your contract and calm down as your unprofessional attitude is the least of your worries.
Mike, I selected 3 locations as you requested, I'm busy but I did a preliminary negotiation on leases at each locations. Out of hand you eliminated 2 locations and at the location you deemed worthy you dismissed me out of hand. The 2 locations you dismissed were prime locations, I did my best. Bill, why wasn't Lawrencevill included in your prime locations as it is becoming a prime tech location. Bill shrugged and said well there is very few new locations and you should have suggested it as you seem to know more than me. Tim immediately stood up and sad Bob,can I have a word with you for a second. The two attorneys went to the conference and Tim had an intense conversation with Stokes. When they returned Tim sat down and Stokes said Bill, let's go outside and chat.
When they returned Stokes asked, Mike are you terminating my client? I shrugged and said I'm planning on setting goals the will need to be met and restructuring the company and personally reviewing his expense account. How will the company be restructured? Well, Bill will remain President but I will hire a CEO who he will report to. Heidikamp didn't seem to like that and ask if I would renegotiate his noncompete? My response was a polite, yet firm, NO. Bill the reality is that you have 2 customers, Highmark and Technologies. Highmark, I set up and Technologies is simply moving money and a third one is insignificant and that probably cost more money in lunches and dinners than it brought in. I'm willing to give you another chance as I was not paying enough attention. Trust me when I say I'm paying attention. Mike, if I resign I'm prohibited form real estate activity that competes with your companies. Tim said, Bill that's correct and I will see to it that you follow it to the letter of the contract and I assure you it will hold up in court as it already has on more than one occasion. Stokes said well my client will need some time to consider his options. Then Heidikamp said, fuck that I'm done, I quit. Tim immediately stood up and handed Heidikamp a pen and paper and said, please put that in writing. A quick notes was scribbled and signed and Tim handed Stokes the note and said please sign as a witness. While that was going on I called security and asked that someone come up and escort my guests out of the building.
Heidikamp got up and headed towards the office door and Tim stopped him sayin, Bill you will have to put up with us for a few more minutes security is on the way. There was no reaction and he just went and looked out the window. This time the Chief and one of her deputies appeared and there were no hand shakes or comments. Maggie looked at me and said, Mike it's unbelievable you didn't want to fire him and yet you really didn't give him an option other than to resign. Maggie, wasn't it better that way? I looked at Tim and said, just do your thing and no mercy. Tim smiled and as usual. With that we all got on the elevator and they got off on the second floor and I went to the lobby and to the sports bar to check on things for the Grand Opening.
At the restaurant I found Jake and Sam sitting at a table drinking a beer. As soon as Sam saw me he got up and poured me a beer. I joined them at the table. Jake said that the staff had left a few minutes ago and everything was set. They were tired but excited. The weather for as was great and they would open at noon and the band would start at 7:00. The weather would cooperate and the high was 70 degrees and at midnight it would be a bit chilly at 59 degrees. Jack said at that point the consumed alcohol would keep them warm. Every university was blanketed with fliers and they were hoping for a young vibrant crowd. Then I was assured that there would be plenty of security. With nothing to do at the restaurant I headed back to the office where I worked until 7:30. There was plenty to do as I was still upset with my self for not catching the Heidikamp nonsense.
I called the Tavern and ordered a Ruben and fries to go. It was the typical ride home with much less traffic as rush hour was long past. I picked up the food and won the fight to pay for it and headed to my place. I placed the food on the island and grabbed a beer and but on some music which was a mix of classical and rock, it matched my mood. As I was eating I debated I was reviewing the mess at work. There was no way around it I fucked up and would simply have to fix it before I left for school. I cleaned up from the meal and grabbed a book that I hadn't looked at in ages and started to read. I was totally into the book Red Rabbit by Tom Clancy. I must have been a 150 pages in when my phone rang and it was JJ. MJ, I can't run in the morning as I have an early lesson with a client. I'll pick up both girls and see you at the restaurant around five. We chatted for a few and ended the conversation with him saying, make sure the sheets are clean. I laughed and said later dude and hung up. I started on the book again but realized JJ had a point. I cleaned my room and changed the sheets and in checking on the other room, things were good so I went to my room and stripped and jumped into the shower. Looking in the mirror I decided, I needed to shave and thought I was getting in better shape. After the shower, I decided not to prep the coffee and I set the alarm to give me time to have breakfast before my appointment. I jumped into bed but it was not a good sleep as work and the opening fought for head time.
The alarm woke me and I quickly dressed in black jeans and a long sleeved, light weight, shirt with an MJS ENTERPRISE logo. The shirt was light grey and stitching on the logo was navy blue. I was a bit tired from the less than deep sleep but I was super excited about the opening. Breakfast was at a small in the wall place on Brownsville Road across from a small strip mall anchored by a small Joseph Horne department store and a G C Murphy 5 & 10. I grabbed a morning Post Gazette from the box outside. Inside there were 8 tables and thankfully there were 2 empty. I sat down and started to read the paper. A waitress quickly appeared and I ordered coffee, 2 eggs over, sausage, home fries and hole wheat toast. I got to the sports page and saw that the school baseball team was undefeated and that their star pitcher was Wyatt. I smiled thinking he should take that route to college and the pro's as it would cause much less damage to his body. I looked around and saw people waiting for a table so I put the paper down and and finished eating. I paid the bill and headed to see Dr. Adams.
At the office, as usual, I was the only person in the waiting room and I pushed the button by the door to let the doctor know I was there. My butt barely hit the seat when the door opened and there stood a smiling Dr. Adams. Mike, please come in and make yourself comfortable. The office was small and the seating choices were limited to a small sofa or one of two club chairs. I sat on the sofa and Dr. Adams sat in a chair directly across from me. She started right saying, Mike it's been a while since we have met so what brings you here? Doc, I'm struggling as I'm questioning everything I do and I'm in a bad mood and aggravated a lot. Then yesterday I missed something big at work and had to start to fix that. Mike did you terminate someone? I smiled and said no but because of the things I was proposing, he resigned. So Mike, that's not an issue whats is bothering you? Ok, everything is changing and I don't have control. Mike, you are in control of a lot. You just indicated you missed something and started to fix it and did that in a way that made you look good. What you don't have control over is the same that bothers ever graduating senior, high school or college. You somehow manage and do thing that people 3 times your age struggle with but you can't escape your age and the thing that go with you being 18. I hear you are totally in control at work and in reality you are as good as ever. Witness yesterday's events. Mike, don't be upset as I haven't discussed you with anyone but I closely follow your activities from a variety of sources. Mike, then there is my experience in dealing with young adults. You are losing your support group, you will be moving, you and your dad have pushed away from each other, you have no teammates and few if any good friends. Mike, all that scares you and now you have to prove your self all over again and in a totally new environment. Does that all sound accurate? I was totally amazed as it was very accurate but I didn't think I was scared. I was quiet but knew she wasn't saying more until I did. I took a big breath leaned my head back on the back of the chair, let the air out and quietly said fuck. Mike, please use you adult language. I laughed and said well that was my big boy language as you nailed it with no build up. I do have a best friend, he has my ass and I have his. So Mike is that figuratively or in reality. Is this guy part of your different flavors? Nope, he is the main flavor. Do you have a girlfriend? Well we are working on that but I would say it continues to be a work in progress. Doc, I finished the second semester of high school and wish I hadn't and I committed to 3 years of football at VT and a computer science major and wish I hadn't. I'm tired of the company but have no choice. I feel responsible for about 500 employees and their families and wish I didn't. So this isn't the typical high school senior feeling anxiety. So what you outlined is just part of the issue, I feel trapped. What I want to do is move to my cabin in New York. Dr. Adams laughed and said you will go nuts in about a week and be board. I shook my head and said, well I want to try. Mike, you can change everything that has you upset and hiding out in rural New York won't solve anything.
Doc, in the past you have been more helpful. Mike, that's not true as you usually come here with your issues solved. The only thing is that you never resolved the issues you pushed them down the road. You won't like this but you need to do things that you want, that are good for you and stop trying to make things better for everyone else. Just stop taking on all this responsibility and think of your what you actually want to do. You have people running Technologies and the other thing, I believe you call it Enterprises, just makes you more money which you don't actually need. Doc, I thought I had that figured out and I made commitments that have me trapped. Mike, play football, you like that and it is actually in your DNA. Change your Major to poly sci or pre law. That give you serious options, heck you could teach business. Take the time to rethink things. I laughed and said thanks, I think. I call and schedule another appointment next week. With all that clogging up my head I drove to the office and went to the restaurant. Actually I ended up at the marina and looked at the river and started to think.
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