Ghost in the Wind
er we graduated
ere both interns a
s in the investment department. Through wo
and attain success on my own conditions, conc
on, I worked overtime every
reaking havoc outside, my feeli
was preparing to head h
er outage, plunging the ent
at I instinctively d
ppeared, his phone light
t the power has gone out. It's
fore finally responding, "Yo
th a smile, "I was wait
s, I often described Br
his straightforwardness made a direct mov
so much meaning, making
held my hand securely with the other, making
oding throughout the city and rendering it impossible to flag down a cab
carried me on his back throug
, I felt an overwhelming sens
utual, being togeth
office romances, so we had to
ituation and demanded that we either
and I decided to resign a
so long, I understo
ng a business was a plan he had set s
pplying for bank loans to selecting a company loca
ient startup funds, I scoured second
ten places at once, taking on roles from HR to janitor
elt like it wasn't my own,
ried, but I felt a deep
girlfriend. I'm as t
d as he pulled me in
I promise you'll never ha
age was that he nev
y days of entrepreneurship w
lder the heavy workload anymore and resumed my initial
hat Lisa ente
mother, who had died prematurely. As a result, B
o escape her father's pressure to
y on Brett, she volunteer
's money. I studied financial management in
still respected me a
f you're really uncomfortable, I ca
, I agreed to let Lisa sta
Brett's sincer
e most sincere feelings c
ly chose to save Lisa, l
owing the truest v