The Road Less Travelled
Chapter 1
Today would be one of those busy days. He had to meet with two very important potential new clients before rushing halfway across town to catch Ruby and Toby in their school play. Of course he always tried to be there for the kids' activities like a loving father should. After, he had to rush home and pack his suitcase to head off on the 2 hour drive to Cincinnati to meet yet with another client, his boss would like him to sweet talk into accepting their services. He decided to spend the night in a local hotel, as no doubt the meeting would last until late and he didn't want to be under any time constraint. And in between that he would have had to find time somewhere to at least make conversation with his wife.
By the time he finally was in the car driving to Cincinnati, he was already worn out. He relished this feeling though, too tired to think but not tired enough not to function. He knew a few cups of coffee once he arrived would be all he needed to make it through the evening.
And boy, what an evening it turned out to be. This potential client proved to be a real hard cookie and it took a really expensive meal and a lot of sweet talking from Dave (yes, he knew how to turn on the charm when he had to) to eventually get the guy's business. They parted ways shortly after midnight, and Dave felt way to giddy to sleep. But in all honesty it was the prospect of an empty hotel room that probably made him decide to just head out for a bit, find a nice bar, get drunk, just enough to help him feel sleepy and head back to the hotel.
He asked the taxi driver whether he knew of any decent bars not too far from his hotel, and not 10 minutes later he was walking through the door of a decent enough looking place. There was music playing in the background and it was very busy, as was to be expected for a Friday night. He made his way to the bar and ordered a beer before finding a quiet corner to sit down and to just watch the world go by.
He was on his third beer and slowly starting to feel the effects, when he saw HIM in the crowd and his world came crushing down on him.
