Chapter Hundred and nineteen

I got to my office in an hour and got ready for my meeting with the tax board. Rita ushered them in and we began our meeting. It was nothing strange except for the fact that they demanded a 0.9% increase of my company's tax. I agreed without any hesitation because I was not in any mood to entertain their endless reasons. They left and I had the entire office to myself.

I finished up paperwork and got into the stock market. Unlike the last time, I was able to place a trade correctly. As I monitored my trade, I suddenly remembered Irene's first experience in trading. I laughed out from the memory and sighed after. I missed her already. I drove to Chole's school and waited till her closing hours. I picked her up and drove down to the ice cream shop. “Daddy?" Chole called from the back seat.

“You aren't home why?" She asked, taking a scoop full of her Ice cream. I had no answers and definitely no words to justify my actions. “Baby, daddy has so much work to do this week, t