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CHAPTER SIX

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?

om is celebrating a new piece of business with his colleagues at Stetson’s
Steakhouse inside the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Chicago. He is
crushing his quota for the year and the win today will put the territory he manages
ahead on the leaderboard. Four months ago, he threw himself into his job at a
financial tech company after his wife moved out. It’s been a welcome distraction as
he tries to pick up the pieces of his personal life. He turns toward the bartender to
order another round, and that’s when he sees her.

She’s standing just across the bar, laughing with her friends. There’s something
about her. He can’t quite put his finger on it. He thinks about walking over and
talking to her, but he hesitates. He starts to wonder if it’s too soon to put himself
out there. He begins to feel uncertain: Would a woman that hot go for a guy with two kids?

Tom has a   decision    to  make    and he’ll   make    it  in  the next    five    seconds.