Chapter 4

Stan’s POV

Getting to the bar, I'm greeted by two hot chics that take me to the bar stand for drinks. Who am I to decline such a delicious offer? I follow them right in with my hands on both their waists. After getting drinks, they pull me up to the dance floor and we dance till we are tired and I invite them to spend the night over at my apartment. Thankfully, I didn’t have too much to drink, so I tip the bartender and the valet and drive out of the bar’s garage with two hot chics to my apartment which was 10 blocks away. This time I ask for their names and try to remember and not mix them up. Alice and Yvonne, Alice is the one with blue eyes like ice and Yvonne has brown eyes, i say repeatedly in my head on the way up to my floor. Once we get into my apartment, the action begins. Seeing that Alice and Yvonne are very experienced, I let them do what they planned to do. They take off their dresses and take turns undressing me. The night ended with everyone feeling satisfied, and I knew I was ready to take on this position and leave Chicago for good in a month’s time.

My alarm goes off and I wake up, the girls are sprawled on the bed and I feel disgusted. Why are they still here? I probably slept off too soon to remember sending them off.

“Morning ladies, you sure do have things to do today, don’t you?” I ask, tapping them awake.

“Morning,” they say at the same time.

“I have to leave soon and you two should probably dress up to leave now.” I tell them and head to my closet to get my purse.

I return to my bedroom and hand them 500 each, “For your ride home ladies.”

“Call us again Stan, Bye.” the one with the blue eyes said for the two of them after they both put the cash into their bras.

As soon as they leave my dad sends a text to meet him at the production house, so he can formally introduce me as the next CEO for Hughs wine. I freshen up and head out. On my way to the wine house, i call gerald to check on him and it goes to voicemail. He is definitely at work, killing himself for peanuts. I hope my dad gives me a positive response about employing him today. The drive from my apartment to the wine house was not a pleasant one because the winery is in the outskirts of town and the road leading there is not fit for a small car like mine. I sigh and cuss all the way to the entrance and thank god that my dad let me handle the business part of the winery. Once I got in, some of the employees recognized me and came by to say hello. A man in his mid 30s, i’m guessing is my dad’s assistant comes out to take me to my dad.

“Hi Stan, I'm jude, Mr. Hughs assistant. He’s waiting for you in his office.” Jude informs me and leads the way to where dad is.

I haven’t been here in a very long time, and it looks different from what I remember. It gets noisier the farther we get in and I wonder how dad comes here at least twice a week. When we get to dad’s office, Jude announces me and leaves the office.

“Come in son, sit.” Dad says with his business voice.

“How are you, son?”, “How are you, Dad?” we ask each other at the same time. We laugh and I answer first, “I’m okay, hoping to do great and not let you down.”

“Oh son, I know you’ll do very well and with Gerald as your accountant, I don't see why not.”

I stand up to hug him, but he motions for me to sit down. That meant he was not finished yet. So I sit and wait for him to continue.

“I know I said you’ll do a month here to understand production and everything that goes on here before heading to NY, but I want you to leave in two weeks. Jude will take you around today to see things for yourself. Do well to ask him questions on anything you do not understand and i’ll have everything ready for you before you leave.

“I also know you would want to get your own apartment in NY, and since it’s a new territory for Hughs, I'm leaving that one to you. What I can do is set you up in a hotel till you get your apartment.” My dad finished and I went over to hug him.

This is Hughs first expansion, even though a lot of  five star and three star hotels and restaurants partner with us, this is the first time we’re moving beyond Chicago to build our structure. I hope i don’t let my family down. As soon as i thank my dad and hug him, jude steps in to take me around the winery. I take note of some people I'd bring along to New York and some of the techniques known to only Hughs wine. It’s dark when we finish the tour and i say my goodbyes to everyone and drive back to town. 

I contemplate going back to the bar tonight, but my body is longing for my bed, so I drive straight home. On entering my apartment, I see Gerald on my couch drinking beer and watching tv.

“You didn’t say you were coming over dude, you scared me,” I told him as I took off my shoes.

“Sorry man, but you gave me your keys to use whenever I like. Plus you called me, I just came here to know why, since you’re not returning any of my calls from the last three hours.”

I sigh, pulling out my phone which I put on silent while Jude was taking me on the tour of the winery.

“Jeez, you called me five times. I was at the winery, man. And speaking of the winery, you have the accounting job. So get your bags cos we are going to NY in two weeks.” 

“Thank you man, but you know i have to give in two weeks notice at work before moving. So, I'm guessing you’ll go ahead and I'll join you in a day or two.” He said more excited about leaving his current job.

I suggested we order take outs while he drafted his two weeks notice and he agreed. After we ate, we decided to play Call of Duty where he trashed me because i let him. Afterall, we were celebrating his new job with Hughs wine.

“By the way, Stan, hope you have told your chics that you are leaving this city for good?” Gerald asks out of the blue and I choke on my drink.

“What the fuck Gerald?” I asked after laughing.

We talk about Gerald’s benefits, the strategies we’ll use to take over New York and later we leave those to look at apartments. After Gerald passes out on the couch, I check for fun places in New York and the result is exciting. I’m excited to be going there in two weeks.

Two weeks later, I'm on a first class flight to New york. Jude made arrangements for me to be comfortable as soon as I landed in New york. There was a driver outside a clean SUV waiting with my name on a tag he raised up. Once i indicated i was Stan Hughs, he picked my luggages while i got into the car, and arranged them in the boot and walked over to the driver’s seat.

As he drives to the hotel, he shows me some places and engages me in small talk. I ask him if he can be my driver till i get a car here and he agreed. We got to the hotel an hour later and i am so tired, so i give him my card and tell him to call me the next day so he can show me around town. The receptionist assigns me a bellboy to take me to my room, after he left i took a shower and slept off. I wake up two hours later, pick up my phone and call my mom to inform her i was in new york. We catch up and she keeps telling me to call her everyday since I'm now all the way in New york. My dad gets on the line and we talk about business, the people from Chicago he’s sending over and the new staff we intend to employ. We stop talking business and catch up on our social life, after what seemed like forever we said our goodbyes.

I ordered hotel food for the night, but tomorrow, New York will know a Hughs is here.