The Contract

Richard was my boss. "Sure thing, Richard. I'll be there in ten minutes."

I felt adrift. I was starting to feel paranoid about the whole situation. I took a deep breath and calmed down. I fiddled with the recorder and placed a bookmark right before Tonya's disclosure, and then skipped forward. I glanced down at the clock and saw that that I had less than an hour before my meeting. I logged into my bank and checked my accounts again. Everything was still there. I went to see Richard.

Richard was all smiles and was holding an envelope in his hand. After we shook hands, he gave me the envelope. "Paul, you did a great job on the McGreggor account. Our sales staff nearly lost this account three months ago when I asked you to come in and smooth out the details. I believe you contributed more to landing this account than the sales did, so I went to bat for you. Congratulations, you are splitting the commission with sales on this one, and take the afternoon off, you deserve it."

I thanked Richard, and left the office. I opened the envelope and found a payroll bonus check for 100,000 before taxes. The actual amount was less, but I had never seen a check this large in my life. The McGreggor account was worth 20 million dollars. I had no idea that sales would get a 1% commission for landing these types of accounts.

The highs and lows of the last 24 hours were starting to freak me out. I was thankful that Richard had given me the afternoon off to figure out my life. I went down to the clinic and told Sherri that I was going to visit a sperm bank this afternoon and try to get a copy of their release forms. I would have the afternoon off to listen to the rest of the recording and decide where my life was going.

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The ten thirty meeting went well, I was simply there as an advisor to the other parties. I was sitting next to Mary from accounting. Mary was also there in an advisory role too, and I knew she had gone through a divorce last year. After the meeting, I asked Mary of she could give me the name of her attorney.

"Paul, I'm sorry. I noticed that your wife didn't come to the banquet last night. I thought you might be having problems, but I didn't know it was this bad. I know it's not my business, so I won't ask.

"Thank You, Mary. I was hoping that you could keep this discreet. This may all blow over, and you know how the rumor mill is around here. I am hoping that you can keep this one under you hat."

"So, it's true. You are at least thinking about divorce, aren't you?"

I glared back at her.

"Sorry Paul, you're right. It is none of my business, and I promise that I won't tell a soul that I gave you the number of my divorce attorney."

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"Thank You, Mary. Please see that you keep your word on this one." I reached down and deliberately turned off the recorder that was in front of us.

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Thank You, for reading my story. I welcome any input to the plot, character development, or to my writing style. This is a multi part story. I have not decided how it is going to end. Once, again, any suggestions would be welcome.