I’ve spent forty years in the corporate world, working my way up from junior analyst to senior management consultant. One thing that I learned during those years was to trust my gut about people and situations.
But following Kate into those woods that evening? That decision weighs on me more heavily than any business deal I’ve ever made.
An older man looking outside a window | Source: Midjourney
Let me share a bit about my life before I tell you what happened that day.
So, my wife Fiona and I met in college, got married young, and built our life together brick by brick. Like any marriage, we’ve had our share of storms.
The worst hit in 1989 when I was pulling seventy-hour weeks at work, barely seeing her or our son. The distance between us grew until it felt like we were strangers sharing a bed.