Chapter Four
Chapter Four
It was one of those moments when a third personality of Joel emerged. This one didn’t show up often. His voice was closer to that of the accountant in him than the salesman, but he didn’t always approve of everything the accountant did, either. He most often played the role of a judge or neutral arbitrator.
Right now he demanded a full accounting.
Not because Joel lost the argument with his girlfriend. The arbitrator accepted that part as inevitable. And not because Joel was here, at this ridiculous scene, instead of crossing the Tennessee border by now. The arbitrator didn’t really care what the course of action was. He just wanted to make peace. In order to do that he needed confessions, validations, or resolutions. Preferably all three.
Joel was not at pe
