The Purple Patch - Missouri Valley College

oom. He thought she had forgotten or lost something, but
she couldn’t have, she wasn’t in the room that long. He rose
from his chair as she reached the desk.
“June, are you OK?” he asked.
“Dave,” she said, “I wasn’t sure if we were gonna go
with Stockton, but since I met you, I think we will.” She
reached for his notepad, and jotted down her home telephone
number.
“Call me later,” she told him. She gave him that cute
smile again as she turned to leave, only this time it seemed
to him that not only her eyes, but her entire face lit up.
“Uh . . . oh yeah, sure . . . be glad to.” He watched
her go. Nestling back into his chair, Dave Roberts felt really
happy for the first time in a long time.
Six months later, June Morgan more than happily
agreed to become Mrs. David Roberts. Eighteen months
after that, the Stockton scandal broke. It was plastered
across every newspaper in New York. The not-so hushed
rumors of illegal stock trading, off-shore bank account,
and dirty back-room deals not only turned out to be true,
but downright disastrous. Not only billions of dollars, but
three lives were lost because of it. Burt Stockton’s trust in
Paul Jensen also proved to be his downfall. Jensen had
assured him that nothing illegal was being done within
the confines of Stockton Brokerage, but the Securities and
Exchange Commission saw it differently. The day after
Burt Stockton blew his head off with a nickel-plated .38
revolver, it was reported that ScienTel Pharmaceuticals was
closing their doors for good.
Unfortunately, Paul Jensen had had some ideas of
his own regarding ScienTel. Not only had he garnered a
huge commission with the signing of the ScienTel contract,
he had finagled his way into their computer system—so
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