Summary

Stephen Jameson mourns the future he might have had. He is undervalued by his boss and bullied by the boss's secretary, and he comes up with lies to get out of meeting with them because he knows his work will ultimately prove to be a disappointment. He remembers what has derailed his promising career: an ill-advised affair with the wife of the head of acquisitions for Foyle's New York. Unaware that Chloe was married, Stephen saw her picture in the man's office and blurted out she was his girlfriend. Stephen enjoyed the envy he felt from other men by being with her.

Not only was Stephen fired, but he lost Chloe, too; unable to get another job, he knew he was a disappointment to his father, Dylan Jameson, particularly since his father was such a respected man in the world of art. Stephen...