My little story of business resiliency - Part 8

The outcome

Summer is ending, and I am finishing up my last projects.

During the season's first few weeks, I finally replaced Frank with another more competent and less goofy painter.  I came to an agreement with Peter and Jocelyne to buy decorative elements to compensate for the artwork soiled by my painters, and I end the season with a substantial commercial project on Taschereau Boulevard.  The most profitable project of the season!

My perseverance, stubbornness, and independent spirit have allowed me to take up this challenge to which I was committed.  This wild teenage idea wasn't so outlandish after all.

I did it!

The Escape

I'm exhausted from a summer that was emotionally stormy and professionally demanding.

Broken from not having a home, I decide to leave for Vancouver, 3,000 miles away, and start another business there.

But there's a catch; I'm still a minor, and when I send my mother a letter explaining my plans to leave, she declares me a runaway to the police.

Let's just say my trip was very short: a young person with a national warrant for arrest who spends 48 hours at an international airport rarely goes unnoticed by the police.

But that's a whole other story for another time...