He returned to work the next day, almost eager to get into the office and get to it. He even breezed past his uncle’s dour comments about sick days and responsibilities. For the first time since he had reluctantly dragged his ass into the office to start learning the ropes, Jake had something he wanted Barbara to help him with. He sent her off to find who was running the development project for the tracker and where they were located. It ended up being a small subsidiary in California, so Jake told his uncle he was heading out on a get-to-know junket and flew to L.A. the next morning. He left Barbara with instructions to set up a meeting for him. It was almost unnerving when he took his cell phone off flight mode to find an email from her with details of the appointment and a map on how to get there. The meeting with Caspar Marik, the CEO of the little company, was a disaster. He spouted company policy for the entire thirty minutes, even when Jake tried to herd him toward project specifics.
