9,000 Miles of Fatherhood

And with that we struck the most important bargain of all: If I ever said something unfriendly I would pay him a fine, the amount determined by the severity of the infraction. Lobbing an F-bomb, for example, would cost me 50 pesos. Raising my voice would cost me 5… “Well, that’s my plan,” I added. “What do you think?” Peter sat quietly for a few seconds before a smile slowly spread across his face. “I think I’m going to be rich.” Forced out of his high-ranking editorial position at the local newspaper, Kirk Millson couldn’t bear the thought of starting all over and crawling back to the copy desk. So when his new boss offers him a leave of absence,…