Chapter 8 - Why he wanted the children
Aloysius had accepted a new job.
I did not know.
Managing director.
Redwood Risk Partners.
Office:
San Francisco.
We lived outside Philadelphia.
Start date:
Eight weeks after my delivery.
Compensation:
Base salary $425,000.
Target bonus:
$350,000.
Signing payment:
$250,000.
Equity.
He had signed the offer three weeks before our daughter was born.
Without telling me.
Why?
Because he knew I would not agree to move immediately.
My career was here.
Caius’s school was here.
My mother was nearby.
My obstetrician.
Our support system.
I had previously told him:
“If a West Coast role happens, we discuss it after the baby is settled. I am not moving a newborn across the country because your company wants an answer.”
He heard:
No.
His employer wanted him in California quickly.
Remote transition possible for several weeks.
Not forever.
Aloysius began thinking ahead.
May you like
Not with me.
Around me.
