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his frock coat and tugged at his head warmer. Perhaps, to see if they were still in place. He was cold. Very cold. He had stayed in Cairo for the past two year

ing winter, this sun shin

auffeur, Williams to never open the car for him, not when he was bubbling with energy a

d you sa

s he turned to t

ther, Williams. It is nothin

to press the question or even make another commen

ptian or one who has resided in Egypt for a very long time. He liked it. His friends, Salem and Vladimir had been the fun-loving tourists who constantly took him into the most rural parts of Egypt for endless tours and camps. He had spent a good two years of his life not doing business _for the first time in ten years_ and he had had fun. As the driver peeled through the busy streets and headed for his home, he fo

he would wake up every day with the man und

the past twelve years and here, there have been so many changes I can't even kee

William

r. A lot has c

ike anything he remembered. The house had been remodeled and it now wore a new an

s father had retained the same domestic staff over the years. Most of them had become too integrated into his home that he could not have the mind to replace them and none of them, from what Lawrence saw, seemed to want to retire yet. Right from when

of apron that Lawrence remembers seeing every time as a child. Pamela had a habit of always being in her apron and no matter what was said to her, she would alway

meeting in New Jersey and had cursed and swore over not having anyone good enough to repre

id to a father one had not seen in four years. The old man did not make it

on. You mongrel, why stay

never he wanted to like he always said over the phone but he decided against it.

branch in France had taken me three whole years to set up

he knew his father would not stop until he had m

asked why you had refused to visit home all these ye

e been busy sir and the most important thing

r smiled. The same smile he had only seen his smile a few t

rsee the branch in China, there has been no one competent enough to

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that the bar shoved at her face. She had hated the job more when one of the men sitting on a barstool asked her if she would spend the night with him for a measly $50. She had been so angry that she had thrown him a threatening look before stomping off. The man had

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with Tricia while Chris had a room to himself. Tricia was sitting at the dining, scribbling away

te early this morning whi

hout looking up

h those punks? Told him never to h

at he does not listen

d looked up at Jane. She tucked a few strands

mess up our mood. How was work? Was it r

d. Jane

nd that is what I am grateful for. I'll take only the night shifts so I can do

g Tricia wowed. She soon got over her surpris

told that the three used to do everything together when they were younger and still had their

of them a decent life and some savings. She had not gotten the raise from her mean boss even when she had grown the company as an individual with her many contributions to different sectors and had even been a representative of the firm for a short time before she quit. Now that she had no stea

weeks. How she was going to raise the money, she had no idea yet. Perhaps, she would ask Mr. Frank to lend her the money for the rent and then she could spend the rest of her life working for it. The idea seeme

ious year when things had become a bit too tough and he had taken to doing menial jobs around town until a friend helped him secure a decent job where he earned well for the next six months until he had had too much to drink one time and had

te enough to stay with Frank and clean up the place with a few others and left by 6 Am. She had her head throbbing and her feet aching by the time she