Autobiography

transfer, so for the second time you can go and
f*** yourself!’
With that he threw two photocopies of the
share transfers on the desk and stormed out of
the room.
I was devastated, angry and needed time to
think. I left the office and drove home in the
middle of the day, something I had never done
before.
I walked through the front door into the study
and stood looking out of the window down on
to the swimming pool, and there in the water
were my wife and my best friend, John, having
sex.
Intrigue and betrayal, all in one shattering day.
What should I do? Should I confront them as
the outraged husband? No. I got back into my
car and returned to the office without saying a
word. They never discovered that I had seen
them. I knew staying would achieve nothing
and it could only hurt my daughters.
My immediate reaction was to lose myself in
my work once again, and sort out the problems
we now had after the deception by my father.
Ralph and I decided that the best course of
action was to seek professional advice from our
accountant. On the way there, we talked
about our future. We were convinced that
Godfrey was right about the signed transfer
and, if it were true, he had successfully
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