The next day, I went into Ron’s office and said, ‘Ron, I’m afraid I’ve got some news. We don’t seem to be getting anywhere with this contract negotiation, so I’ve decided to join Jaguar.’ He went the colour of his office walls. ‘You can’t,’ he managed. ‘Well, I’m afraid I can,’ I said. ‘I don’t want you to.’ I said, ‘Well I’m sorry, but you really should have thought about that before you played hard ball on negotiations.’ With that I left his office, took the afternoon off, collected Charlotte and Hannah, and took them to see the film The Mummy Returns in Woking. Like any responsible
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