Sustainable Earth (Book 2): Death by Revelation

Author:Lee, Jack J. [Lee, Jack J.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: zombies
Publisher: JackJLee.com
Published: 2011-04-04T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16: Art Bingham, April 9th, Year 1

I couldn’t believe it. The Salt Lake City Council made prostitution legal. I’ve been an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints for as long as I have been alive. For most of my adult life, I was a family practice doctor. I’ve been the Mayor of Salt Lake City for six months. If you had asked me at any point in my life prior to this, if I could see myself voting on the side of prostitution, I would have said no. Yesterday a new business, Sadie’s, opened its doors in Sugar House. Sadie’s was a brothel, owned and operated by four women and two men.

Within minutes of Sadie’s opening, my executive secretary Emma Dietrich stormed into my office to tell me that the council had to pass a law to make this business illegal. Emma’s official job title was executive secretary but the correct title would have been chief of staff. She set my daily schedule and she controlled access to me with an iron fist. If she hadn’t been so competent, I might have resented her. I didn’t know how I coped before she took her position.

When my wife was still alive, she would periodically complain that I was too accommodating and didn’t know how to say no. I was married to my wife for decades and I’ve noticed that many of our conversations, especially the ones where she told me what she wanted me to change, would be repeated word for word every few months. I’ve wondered sometimes if this happened just in my marriage or in all marriages. In response to her complaint that I was too nice, I would point out that she married me because I was the opposite of her domineering father. “Honey, you married a pussycat, not a tiger. I can’t change my stripes. I don’t have it in me to be firm with anybody.”

I spent more years married to my wife than I did single. She had flaws. You couldn’t find a worse driver. She spent more money than I made. She wasn’t logical. She drove me to distraction; I missed her. The only time I slept soundly was when I forgot she had died. It sounds crazy, but I would often forget that she was no longer with me. Whenever something funny or interesting happened, I found myself looking forward to telling her about it. There were mornings when I would be half awake and roll over to kiss my lady. Once I realized she wasn’t lying next to me I felt as lost as I did on October 10th when I saw her body lying on the floor. I believe in our Heavenly Father because I need to. I’m not strong enough to live without his help. If I didn’t have faith that I would be with Stacy again in eternity, I don’t think I could go on.

I’m not a natural politician. I never had any aspirations of being one.

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