Matthew's secretary
informed him that Matthew was out of the office for two days, but
said that she would have him call when he returned.
In his excitement he had forgotten what Rolland Worthy told him,
that Matthew was in California right now, visiting Wallaby.
William spent the next two days devising a plan. Rarely was there
an occasion in which he had the pleasure of acting on impulse.
Everything at ICP was planned several years in advance. The
jubilation he felt over the merger idea was no less than a gift
from above - the first diversion to come along that was powerful
enough to ease his grieving over the loss of his wife Martha, who
had passed away eight months ago, after a blessedly short battle
with pancreatic cancer.
After losing Martha, William had secluded himself, inviting no
one into his home. His new idea would change all that. He sank
into his idea with pure obsession.
Matthew Locke accepted William's dinner invitation after
returning from California. The two businessmen sat with drinks in
the library. Perfunctory conversation planted the seeds that they
carried to the dinner table. Once the first two courses were
completed, William got the real discussion underway.
"As I told you on the phone, Rolland mentioned to me that you
were visiting Wallaby in California as a candidate for
president.
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