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Blog Entry: MADISON CHAPTER 3     IN OUR LAST VISIT We learned, that while Madison was successful on Wall Street, it did not extend to her personal life. Rather than calling the people she worked with friends, she labeled them as business associates. They were the ones who called her at home to discuss work or the next meeting in the office. She was not comfortable making an emotional investment with people. Madison’s life was complete. Or was it?   Time was change and Madison was not immune. The face of tomorrow would be different than today. She had poured herself a glass of Italian Barolo wine and relaxed on her bed’s Sferra Palace sheets. The heavy rain, driven by the wind, had announced itself with a staccato of sound as it pelted the windows. It was a good night to cuddle in bed and celebrate. Earlier in the day, she had successfully completed the merger of two international corporations. Breaking her habit of usually saying no, she had briefly joined her colleagues in celebration at the four-star Le Bernardin restaurant. But her festive mood had quickly evaporated and she left before dinner to return home. Home was her sanctuary where she toasted her victories and on rare occasions, reflected on defeat. Those were private emotions that she did not want to share with anyone. Private Moments. Private thoughts. Being alone. That had been much of Madison’s life since her father was sentenced to prison for the murder of his business partner when she was twelve. The taunting by her fellow classmates at school on her father’s conviction traumatized her, and her best friend abandoned her. There was no one who would be her friend and listen to her anguish. She’d learned to live alone, without friends. But she would not surrender to the taunts. With only her mother and brother beside her, Madison wanted to prove that she was more than the daughter of a murderer. Studying harder and smarter than her classmates, she stood alone as the class valedictorian in high school. Phi Beta Kappa was next in college, and success on Wall Street followed. It had been a good day. A very good day. But something was wrong. She sensed a curtain of uncertainty, had wrapped itself around her like a cocoon. What was wrong? What was different? She’d worked for six long months to put the merger together. It had been a joyful day. A day to celebrate. Her life was set, and a partnership was on the horizon. Then why did she feel an overwhelming sense of uneasiness? Her father would never get out of prison and her mother was alone at the family home in Cleveland. Perhaps, she thought, the problem was not spending enough time with Mom. An only child, Madison’s visits home had been infrequent in the last year because of the press of work. She leaned into the headrest but she remained unsettled. Whatever it was, it was much more than about Mom. She’d conquered Wall Street. There was nothing left to prove. Is there a different life for me. Maybe even a better life . Madison looked around at the elegant décor of her bedroom. But what possible life could be better than this. Madison’s sleep was fitful and the anxiety remained when she woke up in the morning.   NEXT:   Pushing the send button