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Hello, Today!, the syndicated fluff show during the eight o’clock hour on TBC, prattles on about the perfect Christmas breakfast for a family of four while an obnoxious elf bounces around in the background I roll my eyes as some celebrity—fuck if I knoho it is—pretends to kno to make frittatas and turn my eyes back to the paper

Growing up, television was forbidden fruit in ht it was more important to read the Wall Street Journal and understand the stock market than watch what he called drivel He was one of those top 1 people, and his poealthy position in life included uber-rich hedge funds, strategic ry mind-set

The only ti TV—in our holomerates and State of the Union addresses by current presidents

But despite the old man’s eccentric views on television and movies and normal people’s for about the stock s like the global economy and trade deals has served beneficial in adulthood

Myroutine normally synchronizes beautifully for an all-out nenload before heading to the office But today, because of a late dinner ht and tooto do with the holly-sprig adorned ones on TV, I’ behind schedule

The great news is, as CFO of one of the largest lomerates in the world, I’ docked on my ties The only punching I do is at To on Wednesdays in a basement studio all the way over on 75th and Broadway

In the interest of full punching disclosure: I suck at it Moha, I am not But flab is real, friends, even for the studlywith little to no precision keeps the excess weight offon to anything other than muscle in bed

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Scratch that last line They grab my dick; I didn’t mean to make it sound like they don’t There’s actuallyin the cottony co the ladies, in turn, with my mouth and penis In fact, when my dick hears the words dick pic, it asks for photo credit because it wasthe picture

Okay, otten a little carried away, but my point is the same

What I ut—and trust me, if I didn’t work out, they would I love beer and chicken wings, and I indulge in them both on way too ht “naturally” If it weren’t for all the strenuous, practically nightly kickboxing workouts, if I were a woman in the public eye, I would be a constant ludicrous headline forwaistline”

Thankfully, I as whenever the fuck I want

My cell vibrates across the table, and I snag it off the glass surface to see Inco on the screen

I sigh at the idea of listening to Caplin Hawkins’s bullshit before I’ve finished ment

“Harrison, you sly ave reen like I’ and dives straight into what is etting insider info?”

“Wow, it’s so great to hear froet traction on the thin paper and flip through the pages until I get to yesterday’s closing data for the Dow Jones and S&P 500 Quickly, I scan through the numbers It’s only one week away from Christmas and a feeeks away from New Years’, and thisa choppy close to the year

“Yesterday, Haas up five-fucking-percent Seriously, dude, are you dragging al bullshit?” he asks, and I look away from my newspaper to roll my eyes

HawCom is the company I’ve been with for the past decade, and it just so happens to be owned by Cap’s father, Jared Hawkins Financial ement for a co uncertainty of the market, but all in all, HawCo for the last nine quarters As a major media company with “silent” ownership in soy companies, it’s not couaranteed