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           TheBoardhasaskedmetoconveyitsdecisiontoyou."

           TheBoardwantedlack’sresignationandJackhadgivenittothem.Underdifferentcircumstances,hewouldhavegottentenurethatJune.

           WhathadfollowedthatinterviewinCrommert’sofficehadbeenthedarkest,mostdreadfulnightofhislife.Thewanting,theneedingtogetdrunkhadneverbeensobad.Hishandsshook.Heknockedthingsover.AndhekeptwantingtotakeitoutonWendyandDanny.Histemperwaslikeaviciousanimalonafrayedleash.Hehadleftthehouseinterrorthathemightstrikethem.Hadendedupoutsideabar,andtheonlythingthathadkepthimfromgoinginwastheknowledgethatifhedid,Wendywouldleavehimatlast,andtakeDannywithher.Hewouldbedeadfromthedaytheyleft.

           Insteadofgoingintothebar,wheredarkshadowssatsamplingthetastywatersofoblivion,hehadgonetoAlShockley’shouse.TheBoard’svotehadbeensixtoone.Alhadbeentheone.

           Nowhedialedtheoperatorandshetoldhimthatforadollareighty-fivehecouldbeputintouchwithAltwothousandmilesawayforthreeminutes.Timeisrelative,baby,hethought,andstuckineightquarters.Faintlyhecouldheartheelectronicboopsandbeepsofhisconnectionsniffingitswayeastward.

           Al’sfatherhadbeenArthurLongleyShockley,thesteelbaron.Hehadlefthisonlyson,Albert,afortuneandahugerangeofinvestmentsanddirectorshipsandchairsonvariousboards.

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