Somewhere on Mackinac by Jeff Adams

Author:Jeff Adams [Adams, Jeff]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-63533-412-8
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2017-05-03T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

“HAVE YOU started taking drugs?” Alberto asked out of the blue while we were talking business after lunch.

“Maybe, a drug called Miles.”

With the phone at my ear, I spun around in my room’s desk chair. I was, possibly, a little too giddy for my own good. Maybe I was reading too much into how lunch ended. While I didn’t know what the future was, it seemed like there could actually be one.

“I see. I’m guessing there’s no twelve-step program for that. How does this play out when you come home?”

A valid question and one I’d thought about a lot in the past couple of days. My reality was the longer I stayed here, the more I wanted to be here even though my life was in Chicago.

“I don’t know.” I sighed as Alberto groaned in response. “We’re avoiding that talk. Can I take a pass from you on it too?”

“Sure.” I recognized Alberto’s soothing voice as the one he used when he’s trying to soften bad news.

“Let’s get on to the meeting we’re supposed to have.”

“All right,” he said. “You’re not going to like this. Among the investors who tend to work with businesses the size of Miles’s, we don’t have any takers. I even hit up some of our more eccentric investors and couldn’t get a bite.”

I wasn’t surprised, but I was still disappointed. “Thanks for trying.”

“Of course.” Alberto sounded apologetic even though he had no reason to.

“You’ve seen all the information. What do you think about taking on a percentage through the discretionary fund?”

“I’d be okay going twenty-five percent.” Alberto paused, and I envisioned the wheels spinning in his head. “Maybe as high as thirty-five depending on the profit percentage because I’d want to replenish the fund as quickly as possible.”

“Reasonable.”

“But where does the rest of it come from? Even if we go in for the full thirty-five, there’s more than a hundred thousand dollars outstanding.”

“I’ll cover it.”

“Jordan, I get that you like this guy, but that’s a significant amount of money.” Alberto was understandably shocked. “For a single investor to put that much up in this kind of business is something we’d never recommend.”

“I know. I’m not our regular investor client either. I believe in the business, not just from the research, but I trust the guy behind it too.”

“Well, if you’re willing to stake your personal cash, I’ll authorize thirty percent to come from the fund with standard terms.”

“I’ll sign on for that. Thanks, Alberto.”

“Are you sure you want to mix business and pleasure like this?”

“He’s not going to know the business side.”

“What do you mean? He knows we’re looking into it.”

“Yeah, he knows we’re trying to put together investors. He doesn’t need to know that either the company or I invested.”

“Is that wise? Keeping that big a secret?”

“He’s got a stubborn streak. I’m not sure he’ll take our help anyway. I don’t think it needs to be complicated by knowing who the exact players are.”

“Okay. I’ll roll with it.”

“But you don’t like it.” I stated the obvious, but I wanted to acknowledge that I knew it.

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