Installment #5 Tucker Fuhrman

 

     Tucker swiveled his chair away from the desk and looked out across Denver.  He loved this city.  It had been good to him.  He leafed through the offer on his lap.  One year.  It was a good offer and he knew the man would take good care of the plumbing business he had operated for the last 8 years.  But this offer was for a year down the road.  Why couldn’t he do it now?  But there was an advantage to this.  In one year he would have more money put away and the business would be all paid for.  He could walk away with a clean slate and over $500,000 in his pocket.  This would give him time to find a place probably in Pueblo or Colorado Springs and establish some sort of social life.

     He had started the business just to see if he could.  It had been boom times and his bids at the hospitals and medical centers were fair and honest and this led to more work.  He had expanded several times and was now set for retirement.  He could begin to wind things down and by the time all his contracts were finished the year would be ending.  He picked up his pen and signed the contract.  Then he buzzed the intercom and spoke to Margie, the office manager.  “Margie, this contract is ready.  Want to do that for me?”

“Of course, Tucker, be right in there.”  She clicked off. 

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