Joel
The party was in full swing. I was fashionably late on purpose. I knew that would irritate my parents, but I didn’t give a d*mn.
A lot of the people milling around were associated with the company, or business rivals and future clients, I imagined, because I hardly recognized anyone. I did see the CFO of the company, Darell Richards. He was a good guy. He knew the stipulations of my grandfather's will and wanted me married off too. But he didn’t push like my parents. I’ve known the man most of my life, he was like an Uncle. He was a permanent bachelor, but he did have a daughter, Megan, who was the same age as me. She was married to one of our business partners, Stan Cooper. He was the CEO of Cooper Holdings. They warehoused a lot of our goods. His warehouses were close to th
