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Declan spent his days traveling and surfing. He’d just returned from the Cook Islands.
“I’m thinking of Patagonia,” he said. “I’m putting together a backpacking trip; planning to be gone for a few weeks. Wanna come?”
“I do,” Keene said.
“Thanks, but I don’t think I can take off a few weeks right now,” Will said.
“I might be able to,” Eli said. “You’ll have to tell me when you’re doing it.”
“Hell, yeah,” Declan said. “Let’s do this. Will, you should try to come for a week.”
“Maybe,” Will said. “Keep me in the loop.”
“Eli, can you leave Chitchat that long?” Will asked. Eli’s social media app, Chitchat, had exploded in popularity. He was rapidly becoming the richest Sterling; no easy feat.
“I’m trying to step back a little,” Eli said, slowing down to join Will. “I’ve just been working nonstop the last few years; I’d like a life.”
“It’s good to have a life,” James called. “I wish I had done it sooner. Elizabeth and Vivienne are the best things that have ever happened to me. Besides you guys of course.”
“Of course,” Declan said. “We aren’t offended at all.”
“Maybe a little,” Eli said.
“Definitely a little,” Keene said.
“Anyway, I’ve been hiring a lot of great people recently,” Eli continued. “I’m trying to hand over the reins so to speak.”
“I see what you did there,” Keene said.
“I like it - horse metaphors - good stuff,” Declan added.
“You should try living a little,” James called.
“Who?” Keene said.
“Well, not Declan,” James said. “That’s all he does...all play and no work...that’s your motto, right?”
“Guilty,” Declan said.
“I was talking to Will,” James said.
“Maybe you need a distraction from this work situation,” James said. He had slowed down and joined the rest of the group.
“Not a bad idea,” Will said.
“What competitions do we have left?” Keene asked as they approached the stables.
“Ping pong, pool, arm wrestling, tennis, swimming - you pick,” James said.
“God, can we just watch a movie? There’s a movie theater around here, right?” Will said.
“Where’s your sense of competition?” Declan said.
“I lost it on the driving range,” Will said.
“I think you lost it bowling,” Eli said.
“Or skeet shooting,” Keene added.
