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Chapter 2 by Not Bob Not Bob

The Party? Another Call? Something else?

You go to the party

About a week later, you put on your best formal/informal wear and drive back to the office you had an interview in only a few days ago. As you pull up you see a couple of trucks and vans there with varying degrees of wear to them. You see some lights and noise going on so you make your way inside to see about 12-13 guys talking and drinking around the place. "Hey, you must be the new guy.", you hear a voice coming from a little to the right of you at some sort of makeshitft bar. As he offered out his hand, he said "Names Nate, you?"

I shook his hand and responded, "Nice to meet you Nate, I'm Mike." Unlike Jeremy, Nate had a much more pronounced heaviness to him. A tall dark man with somewhat sagging features, you ventured to guess he was at least in his late 40s. But you wouldn't guess it from the way he acted. As another guy walked in, the guy had waved at Nate, and Nate used his other hand to do a sort of half wave. As Nate ended the shake he asked "So, what brings you to this job?"

You told him you were recommended by your father, who was friends with Jeremy, and were just looking for that next paycheck. "Sounds about right, I've been working with Jeremy since the beginning, even before the business started. Might even say we were brothers." After taking a big sip of his beer he motioned to the bar and said, "Well, I need to make sure everyone here has been greeted and has a drink in their hand, make yourself comfortable and I’ll talk to you in a bit!" He walked off in a very jovial fashion. Seemed like the type of guy you couldn't help but like.

After mingling a bit, you met some of the other guys. Jimmy was a former biker and lived in one of the trailer parks nearby. He had lots of tattoos and smelled like cigarettes, but he was pretty quiet and actually didn't drink that much from what you saw, so he left an okay impression on you. Ben was a gamer. At least, that's how he introduced himself. He said his dad was getting tired of him staying at home and doing nothing but playing games, and that he would need to either start school and/or get a job. Ben seemed kind of passive about the whole thing and said he didn't really blame his dad, he was just being a good parent. But he did mention that one way or another, he was gonna put the money to good use. While you weren't quite sure what that last part meant, you couldn't help but be reminded of yourself when you were younger.

As you talked and drank at the party, you heard the door swing open and saw the boss walk in wearing a tacky yet presentable suit.

And with him you saw?

His wife? His daughter? Someone or something else?

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