Category: Rubin

"Meet as planned" Rubin was drunk with excitement. His phone had jumped to life at precisely he one time he couldn't answer or reply. Sat with 12 overpaid, opinionated executives watching slide 72 of a 134 page deck...for the love of God  he thought, these people could talk. Not a huge amount of listening was … Continue reading Chapter 5. Memories and apologies →

Allegra had finished what felt like years at work but in fact she had only been in the 'wonderful world of work" as her father described it, for two weeks. They had dinner once a week and just last week he had told her how proud he was. Allegra was less impressed, the office was … Continue reading Chapter 4. Fitting in →

The tram arrived and Trae shuffled inside, he was going to be late, which was nothing new but all the same it was annoying. He stood head and shoulders over most of his fellow passengers and was aware that now women looked at him. The conductor listed the stops, each change of pace taking his mind … Continue reading Chapter 3. Trae →

Twenty minutes ago she had been  told to 'take a seat' by the receptionist who, to her mind, would have benefited from  customer service training.  Allegra watched the minutes tick by on the present her father gave from Switzerland, she had shaken the watch down her arm a few times to ensure that it was clear she … Continue reading Chapter 2. Allegra →

Rubin glanced at his phone for the third time in ten minutes and cursed himself for doing so. Pushing on the scuffed screen cover of his slightly out of date phone left him with disappointment. He was, to his mind anyway, cautious. Over the years managers and ex-partners had used words like 'risk averse' and to … Continue reading Chapter 1. Introducing Rubin →