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My dad had worked hard all his life and knew the value ofhis way up the corporate ladder in the financial industry, he had taken a big leap in his late 30s to start his own advertisement business It had been a lot of hard work, so much work that my h and was now a very successful millionaire

With that kind of success ca that one could want, but my dad never seeh he could have any woe of 45 he fell for a er that worked in ement at a firm that he was contracted to do market research for

Nancy was a strong wo-at-heart, I knew that she would be a great coh I didn't think that I needed a mom, Nancyin charge of the house I liked her

Unfortunately, she cae

The first tih school He was definitely a troubled teen, but I didn't see that at the tireen eyes, the body that ay too irl could dream of

And, even though his nored me

He had sat out on our deck, sitting under an u a lemonade His arms had been crossed and he basically pouted the entire ti like a spoiled little brat I tried to talk to him, but I was fourteen years old and probably not very interesting His nored her too

Then, my dad had offered hirilled hi very engaged with my dad, but also defensive about the fact that he didn't knohat to do, even though he was doing well in his computer classes “All that tech stuff is for nerds,” he had said

My dad had just smiled “You knohat they say about nerds One day you'll be calling one 'sir'”

James had scoffed at that “I'll never call anyone 'sir'”

“You will if you're working for someone else,” my dad replied He knew- he had worked for someone else for the first twenty years of his adult life

“Then I guess I'll just have to work for myself,” James decided, as if it were just that easy

My dad had just chuckled “I think you and I are gonna get along just fine Coet another beer” He turned to ht back, sweetie”

Jaed the rest of the beer in front of him, and the two disappeared