Mick is looking at the revised trekking schedule Ken Wentworth sent him this morning. With the earthquake and the monsoon approaching in the next month, everything has been put off until the fall season. In the meantime, they want him to return to Germany in a couple weeks to run an Alps trek in Switzerland. This is something he’s done most years, going different places like Spain, France, and Italy to run treks during the summer months. He chews his lip. Leaving Polly now is the last thing he wants to do. How can he get out of it?
He brings up his checking balance on the computer. After the deposit High Trails made yesterday, he has 2,500 euros. Between rent (which the company usually pays) and other expenditures, he could probably eke it out. The question is, would Ken let him take a se
