He knew the new regime would behead him as an enemy of Islam. He wasn't wrong either.So he came to the US with something like two million bucks on dep...sit in Europe. He invested in things that would make the most money. From night clubs and disco's to illegal back room casinos. The night clubs sold drugs and he took a cut.He married and had children. In the tradition of those third world countries he took them into the family business. He brought them in, when they were old enough to understand. "It killed her to leave him alone when he was so close, but she had to admit that he had a point. It would be a lot better if he had enough strength to stay with her for a while.Rick took the kids to the park to play and she took advantage of his absence to call Sarah and ask if she could join Sarah and the boys on Tuesday when Charlie was off bowling. Sarah told her she would be more than welcome and then Kathleen said:"If you don't mind, I may be able to come over on Thursday also." Oh my. It was his senior year of high school and he'dbeen having trouble making friends. And he wasn't as outgoing as Lori,who'd seemingly managed to make new friends almost overnight.He envied her. He envied her SO much. And not just for her extrovertedpersonality."I'm sorry we couldn't invite more of your friends," his mom whisperedto him. He just gave her a weak smile and nodded."C'mon, make a wish!" Pete said brightly.Cal leaned over and closed his eyes tightly. He only had one wish. Thesame wish. This showed a decline in his work performance as well. I could never bear this on my work so had started sympathizing with him a bit more than just being another colleague.Not sure what he derived out of that but he started to take me as another partner in his life and share almost everyday activities with me after reaching office. One evening when we were in a client call in a conference room, he told me that we should shut this call or take a break and then connect back again. I didn’t even.