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Looking back on my life it seems that in moments of distress, than when I got derailed by the adversities of fate, I always needed a friend to put me back on track. Now it is clear to me: without Alex advise, I would never have found my way back in my individual existence and out of the spider web that Martha had woven around me. What I did not anticipate however at the time, was that one day she would focus her witchcraft also on him. If there is anything like justice, she will have to pay for it - one day.
Alex in those days was a Banker with a reputable Private Bank in London - one of the old established ones, one that was already involved in providing funds for the Tsar of Russia for this war with Japan in 1907, then when his fleet got wiped out by the Rising Sun - anyway I am sure the bank got their money back. Later Alex would climb up the career ladder in his usually unstoppable way until he became the speaker of the owners of an international pharmaceutical conglomerate. That is where he is now and probably will stay there for ever until Atropos will cut the thread. I think that this is sufficient explanation for the fact that I turned to him for advise - he is the rock in my life I can hold on, when the current gets to strong.
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Two days later, it was on a Friday I flew to London and looked for Alex in his house in Cobham. He was alone and welcomed me with a look of understanding, and said over dinner, that he had himself prepared:
"Tomorrow we’ll go into the country and then you’ll make decisions. There is no way back.”
The next morning we left London at an early hour. Alex had fetched his lovingly restored classic Aston Martin DB4 out of the garage, and I remembered that Alex had given up his penchant for Classic Rolls Royce cars, after I bought my Aston Martin and we drove toward Sussex in the countryside, where he wanted to visit an old hunting friend. During the trip of two hours he made me see my situation clearly, told me the woman would destroy me if I did not take immediate measures.
"Immediate divorce is the only way - my friend -and its over with your father. It’d be best if you looked for a new job - or do you want to live with this shame?”
He said: I had to put on a chain mail coat and make tabula rasa regardless, and not let myself be entangled and lied to. If I would go soft on this our friendship would be over, he said. That was what I wanted to hear. Clear words from the only person I trusted. With Alex there was no deceit, he was a rock of strength.
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