Surprise Melody Flintkote. Part Two
Copyright© 2019 by Old Man with a Pen
Chapter 54
“Don’t know?” David asked. “How could you not know?”
“I wasn’t there when the modifications were done,” I said.
That got an incredulous look.
“I trusted my builder,” I explained.
That got an even more amazed look.
“I worked for the company,” I said. “I knew what kind of work they did.”
“What?”
“What what?” I said.
“What did you do?”
“I was in charge of their cabinet shop,” I said.
And that required further explanation.
“They had no idea I owned twenty three percent,” I said. “They hired me because I had excellent references.”
“You can quit looking at me like that. I worked at a boat builders shop in Auckland for several years.”
“Their cabinet shop manager ... although I think he was a part owner.”
“Part owner?”
“Because he hired and fired as he wished.”
“And?”
“He wanted me ... because I was never late ... and I listened.”
“I started because I was building a Farr 3.2 racing dinghy.”
“I had no idea what I was doing.”
“I was 15.”
“I needed a job so I didn’t have to go back to high school”
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