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    A Place of Refuge
    A Place of Refuge
    A Place of Refuge
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    A Place of Refuge

    By R. Richard

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    I have my first job. I’m also engaged to be married. I dig into my first work assignment.
    My first work assignment is something of a strange one. There are computers in San Diego that perform vital services. Unfortunately, the computers are obsolete units and will soon be replaced with a new generation of computers.
    I could just lean on my shovel and wait for the new generation of computers to arrive. Instead, what I do is to contact the current users and find out what the current users see as weaknesses in the current computers and software.
    I begin to update some current software and also to talk with the developers of the new generation of computers. I can’t get a lot of information, as the development process is secret. However, I do get information as to what sort of improvements of the current computers and software might prove useful, when the new generation of computers arrive.
    I stay in contact with the current users and show them that I’m working hard and learning what will be useful, when the new generation of computers arrive.
    Along with my hard work, Aileen stays in contact with the wives of some of the executives, at my company, and also in contact with some of the female executives.
    When I have enough improved software, I want to offer upgraded software suites to existing users of the current computers.
    To my surprise and puzzlement, Denny, my boss doesn’t want me to offer the upgraded software suites.
    The big boss, however, has talked with some of the people who have seen my internal staff demos of the new, upgraded software suites. The big boss wants me to offer the upgraded software suites to our customers.
    (Apparently, there is a major battle between the big boss and Denny, about offering the upgraded software suites. I stay completely out of the battle and l keep trying to improve the current software suites. After too much time, I get orders, directly from the big boss, to offer the upgraded software suites to our customers.)
    Denny calls me into his office and tells me, “Well, you won this time.”
    I tell Denny, “I have no idea as to what I won this time.”
    Denny snarls, “You convinced the big boss to let you offer the upgraded software suites to our customers.”
    I tell Denny, “Except for a very few meetings, where you were there, I have had no direct communication with the big boss.”
    Denny then snarls, “Okay, how did the big boss find out about your fancy software upgrades?”
    I lecture, “As assigned, from time to time, I did demos for our internal staff. It might be that one of the people that I did a demo for, reported the matter to the big boss. I have no idea.”
    Denny says, “I think that what you are doing is a waste of time.”
    “I do what I’m assigned. The results of my work are sometimes improvements to the existing software. If the company furnishes upgrades to the existing software, we stay in contact with the customers. Staying in contact with the customers has to be a good move for the company.”
    Denny says, “Yeah, well, I don’t like it.”
    (My direct boss doesn’t like what I’m doing. The big boss likes what I’m doing. I’m caught in a trap.)
    I have orders, directly from the big boss, to offer my upgraded software suites to our customers. I do what I’m ordered to do.
    My direct boss is angry. My big boss is happy with what I’m doing. My customers are happy with what I’m doing.
    One day, the big boss goes on vacation. The same day, I’m called in and fired, by my direct boss.
    My world comes tumbling down. I find that I can’t get another job in San Diego, in fact, I can’t even get interviews.
    Without my paycheck, Aileen and I can’t make the mortgage payments on our house.
    I’m still in contact with the developers of the new generation of computers. I find that I have a good reputation with the developers, perhaps at least partially due to the improvements I’m generating for the users of the older computer systems

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherR. Richard
    Release dateAug 17, 2018
    ISBN9780463489901
    A Place of Refuge
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    R. Richard

    I'm the co-author, with Sunset Thomas, of Anatomy of An Adult Film.I have 48 novels and over 299 short stories currently published.I spent my early years in the part of Los Angeles known as the South Central. I was known as Whi' Boy, which was sufficient to identify me in that place. I'm a skilled Kung Fu player, using a system that I learned from a Korean I knew only as 'Pak.' It would be easier to tell you the places that Pak wasn't wanted by the police, rather than the places where he was wanted by the police. Pak's Kung Fu system, augmented by some bits and pieces from some Chinese practitioners is quick and effective, or I wouldn't be alive today.My early education was mostly obtained by stealing books from the public library (I always returned them and the Librarian even began to provide me with reading lists.) I did go to high schools, but I never really learned anything there. I eventually graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles, UCLA, with a degree in mathematics.I work as a Systems Analyst and also make a part of my living as a professional gambler (legal in Nevada.) I write science fiction and erotica. My published novels are:Anatomy of An Adult Film (With Sunset Thomas)1. Second Chance: God Killer2. Second Chance: Sky Pirate3. Second Chance: Scroll Seeker4. Second Chance: King of The Islands5. Second Chance: King of Zaya6. Second Chance: Duke of Averon7. Second Chance: King of Golomon8. Second Chance: King Of The Sky9. Second Chance: Warlord of Ifrequeh10. Second Chance: King of Ariby11. Second Chance: King of Mesodania12. Second Chance: King of Avuls13. Second Chance: King of Kemet14. Second Chance: King of Zorran15. Second Chance: King of Two Worlds16. Second Chance: King of Averon17. Second Chance: King's Duties18. Second Chance: King of The New WorldAdventurer: Simulation ProblemAdventurer: Pannar ProblemA Programmer's GambitAmateur StripperBeach MurdersBondage HouseCorporate Sex SlavesFriday NightGo Naked In The SoftwareGrasshopper WinterInvoluntary NudeLayoffNot A HeroPirates of The KeysSummer of SexThe LakeThe Last Moon DanceThe Nude Adventures of Plain JaneThe Secret Life of Wanda WilsonTails of the Pussycat LoungeTo Keep A JobTopless RestaurantToy WhoresVix: The MarineWayward BoyShort Stories:A Christmas Visit

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      A Place of Refuge

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      Copyright 2018 R. Richard

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      A Place of Refuge

      By R. Richard © 2018

      Chapter 1: Just Two Kids

      Aileen and I had grown up in San Diego.

      I was Jim, the beach boy, from Pacific Beach. I graduated from Mission Bay High School and then San Diego State University. I knew the beaches, from Torrey Pines Beach, down to Imperial Beach. I knew the beach life and, early on, I determined to spend the rest of my life in my little beach world.

      Aileen grew up in Clairmont, across Interstate 5, from the beaches. She lived a little more restrained lifestyle than my beach existence. Aileen graduated from Clairmont High School and then San Diego State University.

      Aileen and I first met, while we both attended San Diego State University.

      My parents were low wage workers. We weren’t poverty stricken, but money was pretty tight. While I was going to San Diego State, my parents got a better job offer, in Phoenix. My parents owned the little house, in which we lived. However, the roof had begun to disintegrate. The house was basically worthless. My parents deeded the worthless house to me and moved to Phoenix to take a new job. I then moved into the garage and fought the insurance company. The insurance company had a slick lawyer. I had just Jim, a raggedy kid. Unfortunately for the insurance company, they were unable to sell the Judge on the idea that my parents and I had somehow caused the roof of the house, in which we

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