Sh-Boom_Living the Dream by Don Potter

Author:Don Potter [Potter, Don]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781543987645
Goodreads: 48386838
Publisher: BookBaby
Published: 2019-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

33

Bill Gates founds Microsoft. Margaret Thatcher is now Britain’s Prime Minister. Elton John’s Crocodile Rock is his first hit single. Union boss Jimmy Hoffa vanishes. The Godfather comes to the big screen. And Rob does a walkabout.

* * *

Ginger was improving, according to the doctors, but it was expected to be a long difficult recovery. Even then, there was no guarantee she would ever be her old wonderful self again. She had full-time help at home and I spent evenings and weekends with her, whenever possible.

Carlson/Andrews’ West Coast operation, on the other hand, was doing great and Charlie called me to Pittsburgh. But it was not for a gold medal and a round of applause. Instead we met at a coffee shop some distance from the office.

“You’re doing well, but the other offices are still not cutting it,” he said.

“And that affects me how?”

“It affects all of us.”

“Spit it out, Charlie.”

“We need a General Patton to go to all the offices and inspire them to greatness, or at least make them profitable again. That general is you.”

“I’m no Patton.”

“Closest we got at C/A. Your office is going gangbusters.”

“Jesus, Charlie. The office is doing well because I’m there to run it, and I have a family to consider.”

“We all have families too. Come on, Rob, we need the agency to stay alive.”

“What’s in it for me?”

“Company stock. Do well and it’ll be worth a lot of money to you.”

“I already have C/A stock. Besides, my wife will kill me.”

“Not if you buy a big fancy house in Beverly Hills.”

“Might need two of ‘em: one for her and one for me if Ginger is upset enough to divorce me for never being home.”

Charlie’s smile faded. “There’s something else. I have a heart condition and will be stepping down in the near future. I’m recommending you take over as president of C/A. That ought to be incentive enough for ya.”

It was incentive enough. I figured I would be traveling to the various offices around the country for about six months. I was off by two years, and while the company gradually grew stronger, my marriage got weaker.

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