Chapter 17
George
The man next to him was reading his newspaper when Josh turned toward him to introduce himself.
“Hello, my name is Josh.”
The man glanced up from his paper, put it aside, faced Josh, and shook his hand. “I’m George. Nice to meet you.”
“Hope the flight takes off on time.”
“Me too,” said George, willingly engaging in Josh’s small talk. “Do you have an important meeting to get to?”
“I do. For a job interview.”
“Oh,” George said, nodding his head. “Have you been looking for a job for a long time?”
Josh laughed. “Actually no, I already have a job. This is a different company that wants to hire me. It’s a long story, but I’ve been on a two-week vacation, and out of blue I got this call from a headhunter about a great new opportunity, so here I am. I wasn’t looking for it. It came to me.”
“So, you’re unhappy in your job?” George asked.
“No, I’m not unhappy,” Josh answered. I just think I might happier in this new job. It seems like a great opportunity.”
“What makes you think you might be happier there?”
“I don’t know,” Josh said, shaking his head. “I just have a feeling, I guess.”
George shook his head and laughed, but not because he was amused. Josh knew he was laughing for a different reason. Josh looked at his watch. The conversation had lasted two minutes, and it was time to pull out his iPad.
But George continued before Josh could grab it, “I’m sorry for laughing,” ...
