March 9, 2019
Marisa sat at the dimly-lit bar, a chilled glass of Chardonnay in front of her. She drank deeply. It had been a rough day. She needed a break. Her business partner, Alejandro, had made a mess of things again. Failed to meet his promised sales targets. “Was too busy” to send out responses to RFPs. And racked up a bunch of personal expenses on the company AMEX. Again. She nodded at the bartender, who refilled her glass. What saddened Marisa was how much she had come to despise Alejandro. Lost respect for him—not just as a business partner, but as a person. To the point where she just couldn’t stand being in the same room with him. She had to get out of this. Had to get him out. She mulled over the options. She could fire him. Buy him out. But she still had to go to bed with him every night. And she wasn’t sure she wanted to do that anymore, either. For Alejandro wasn’t just her business partner. He was her husband.…
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