You were just kind of invisible and did your own thing. You tried not to get involved in any group activities. Hell, you tried not to get involved in ...chool at all. Truth was, you just didn't care that much about it anymore. You would much rather have spent your time at home playing video games. The only reason you showed up at all was to see Raven.You entered the lecture hall and saw your pretty little goth girl sitting alone already, as she usually arrived early. She seemed to like literature. I had our favourite meal waiting at home to be made, followed by his favourite desserts and snacks, so there was no reason that we would have to leave my apartment until tomorrow. I luckily lived nearby, and what was normally a quick journey seemed to last a lot longer. When it finally ended, we hopped off the metro and walked hurriedly to my apartment two minutes away. Part of me had worried that during our time apart, things may have been a bit strange when we were reunited, but as I fumbled. I suddenly began remembering that morning- that single...terrifying...sound-the sound of a clock spring winding down and the sudden click that haddoomed this ship and its crew! I thought about how close I had to havebeen to actually hear it that well. It had been in the next compartment!The horrid memory of my ill-fated rescue attempt that morning- of nineterror-stricken faces on the beach, assaulted me brutally.I...I couldn't save them, I thought- my vision severely blurring fromtears."Alex?". "I've been in the venture capital business for some years now," the younger Faraday began. "By and large, my partners and I have been very successful at finding weak businesses and restoring them. In almost every case, the key ingredient has been to find the right people to run them."Dad has been trying to get me to step in at F & C, but that wasn't going to happen unless we could secure the majority vote on the board. We've been doing a bit of behind the scenes lobbying, and we are confident.