Outside it was early June, inside it was a furnace. This particular office had a strong sense of gravity, putting weight on everybody and everything. You felt it on your body and on your mind as well. Large bookcases, heavy books, heavy furniture, it all pulled you to the floor. Air dense with dust and old, like it was breahted out of the tons of documents and papers laying in stacks. The guest in the chair, didn't seem to notice how dust danced thick in a narrow crack between heavy drapes, letting a ray of light into the office. It could be a desk full of scrolls and a wizard sitting behind it and it was not. A pastor in the Lutheran Evangelican church resided there and the scripts where all religious, christian or not. Even though the silence indicated that there was no conversation going on, the men where in the middle of a harsh one, with negotiation holding at  still point. The guest, a male in his mid fifties, grey hair, soft and warm look in his eyes, looked at the pastor, sitting behind his deskfortress and said

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- It wil give him exactly the experience he needs and he willl progress and learn to be responsible at the same time. We all want him to be able to continue his education. I’m offering a fast track and we will not let you down.

_ Mr. Stewart, I’m not thrilled, it’s not something we have planned and it doesn't match well with our priorities.

- It match well now, Pastor Higgins.

The guest smiled so calmly as the pastor never had experienced before. His heart grew in size and he felt at peace, all worries vapourized.  

When door opened, a young man went thru and entered the office. His name was Chris and he should have been attending college, if it wasn’t because of…

Tall, slender, age of 20, with an alert look in his eyes. He walked to the desk, stood at its side. The guest looked at him with smile on his face and in eyes too.

- Come, sit down, Chris… What a mess this is

And a mess it sure was.