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CHAPTER 1

Mason

“This is the future!”

I stepped out from behind the podium and shook hands with Bill Ross and Dave Klein, two of the fastest rising stars innight and day to expand on the real estate side of the business Savage Enterprises had been in cooing even higher to start working on building hotel casinos in every major city in the United States I was so excited I could hardly sleep nights anymore

Things were going very well

“Excellent presentation guys,” I said Then I turned to face the entire group “I want to thank you all so much for all of your dedication and hard work this year We are taking this co years, and it is all thanks to you I hate to spoil the surprise, but all of you will start seeing higher nu tomorrow”

Everyone around the conference table began s I basked in the adulation for a h it reat tea, talented people and they deserved every cent of the raises I’d approved

The following year was going to be a

I wrapped up theand headed over tobriefly to talk to my secretary, Judy

“Your calendar is fairly clear Mason,” Judy said “Toh”

I sighed as I looked at the layout for tos—one for the real estate sector and the other for the technology sector I always liked to keep things varied because I got bored easily Savage Enterprises had our hands in real estate, IT, entertain out into fashion and sports Those were the two things I wasan athletic wear fashion line