Chapter 18
2007
For years, Jake seemed to vanish. Then one day, he showed up at Jacobs and Son Manufacturing Firm in Cleveland, looking for a job. He was called into Mr. Jacobs’s office for an interview, and within 20 minutes, Mr. Jacobs had hired Jake as his new employee. He was 23 at the time, and for the next 2 years or so, Jake basically kept to himself.
He did befriend one of his coworkers named Matthew Brown. He never became close to him, but close enough to say hi every once in a while.
One day, Jake was called into Mr. Jacobs’s office. He was in there for about 15 minutes before exiting. Brown asked him what the meeting was about and Jake told him that he had been offered a job out west.
“Hey Jake, that’s great man. Good for you.”
“Not so great. Jacobs says that if I don’t take the job, I won’t have one because they have to start cutting back in this office, and because I’m junior, it’s me who has to go.”
“That sucks, man.”
Jake ignored him and walked away, popping 2 antacids into his mouth, to stop his acid from flaring. It didn’t seem to help and so he popped 2 more, and finally, the pain started to subside.
Two days later, Mr. Jacobs was dead, and Jake was on his way west to start his new life.
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