ge. Corporate policy dictated that we wore suits and ties, even on
rugged looking guy with medium blond hair, ly shaven, with greenish
Friday's. When it was just ell we had dress down days on Friday's but
The news hit me like a ton of bricks though I tried not to show it on my
From his picture Mr. Charles Withersby was a handsome professional man. A
now that it e dressed. I think part of the reason was that Mr.
great shape blah blah blah. I was depressed and fused.
never met the man but seeing his pictures on corporate unications sort
o be early as I rode my bike and wore my bike leathers. I had my
face. I had a great w relationship with Old Man ell and this was
Withersby was a London high born and was used to British class crap. I
office. When I arrived, he was loading his personal effects into a box. A
respect. "Well Jack the time has e for me to get gone" he said brightly.
voice sounding like the cheery, fatherly man I had grown to know and
car with a white starched shirt with French cuffs and a blue tie
Monday m was a new world. I arrived at work at my normal 7:45am. I
His eyes betrayed some remorse and sadness.
of gave me that indication.
By the time I returo my desk there anywide email explaining
fatherly pep talk before I left him to finish his pag.
suit and tie ly packed in a bag and headed to the locker rooms to
grey eyes. In his pictures he wore a dark suit that ore than my first
going to hurt. I sat and talked with Mr. ell and he gave me his normal
cold chill ran up my spine. "Jake e on in" Mr. ell offered, his
that Mr. ell was retiring blah blah blah and that the pany was in
VP of IT Services under Mr. ell. Unfortunately, all hell broke loose.
WCS for years aed directly to Mr. ell. I was in lio bee
It was a Friday afternoon in early November. Mr. ell asked me into his