Chapter Twelve My life couldn’t have been more perfect. I had a beautiful and loving wife, a job that most new college graduates would have killed for, and a wonderful little daughter that my brother was raising in my absence. Mr. Major treats me more like a son than a son-in-law. When John was killed during a bombing mission in the Pacific, the entire Major family was devastated. The plan was to have John eventually take over the family business. Now, however, since I am married to Julia and have become part of the Major family, Mr. Major is looking at me to become the next in line. Mr. Major has been planning to expand the business by manufacturing the tires they sell rather than acting as a middleman. He has thoroughly researched the source of the raw rubber material. He has decided

