Chapter 12
George Takes a Walk
51As George sat at his desk thumbing through
the book Marty had given him looking for a
positive energy exercise that appealed to
him, he thought of his old friend Chuck
who had made a fortune during the Internet boom. He
remembered how surprised he had been to hear that
Chuck and his wife had divorced. He thought about ap-
pearances and how on the outside Chuck seemed to have
everything. Money. Family. Big house. A plethora of com-
panies that wanted Chuck to run them. Yet George real-
ized everything isn’t always what they seem. He found
out that Chuck really had a lot of personal problems that
spilled over and caused the destruction of everything else
in his life. When George really thought about it, he never
remembered Chuck being happy.
Thinking of Chuck made him realize even more than
ever that he didn’t want to go down that road. Everyone
else probably thought they had it all, too. If they only
knew, he thought. Appearances weren’t enough. The
show wasn’t doing it anymore. He wanted to feel good,