/authors/sfarr/ Recent content in Sfarr on Utopia Stories Library Hugo en-us /stories/40212/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 /stories/40212/ <p><strong>Part I</strong></p> <p>Jack Sherwood, III had spent the majority of his adolescence in Boarding School. The only choice after Phillips Exeter was whether he would follow in his Father&rsquo;s footsteps at Harvard or his mother&rsquo;s legacy at Dartmouth. Ultimately, Harvard won out and he enjoyed all the privileges that old money and connections can provide, including membership in the exclusive Fox Club. Now, academic life was but a distant memory. Toiling in lower Manhatten for a 2nd year at a trading desk for Goldman was a daily 12 hour grind. He hardly had time for his girlfriend, Rachel, other than the weekends, and realized with apprehension that this relationship was being neglected. He had recently bought a flat in Soho, so as not to have too far to work. He was thinking that the upper east side would be more suitable, but it would add 20 minutes to his commute each day.</p>