A 50-Year-Old Man's Unexpected Journey to the Presidency: A Tale of Intrigue and Seduction This a fictional story about becoming President of our country. It sort of parallels our history and time line. Chapter one is about developing the main character Some background information on me before I get too far into the story. My name is Stewart Thomas Whitteman. I go by my middle name, and everyone calls me Tom. I hate the name Stewart. It was my mother's favorite uncle's name. I was born on May 5, 1955. I am 6' 2" tall, weight 210 pounds, have brown hair and eyes. I work out regularly, keeping myself in good shape. I lived in Kalamazoo Michigan. I went to school there, and onto college at Western Michigan, which is in Kalamazoo. I got a degree in Business Management. Our family has a small general contracting company. We do a lot of work at the college, working for the larger general contractors, doing work on remodeling building interiors. I plan on working for the company. I would make me the third generation to be involved with the business. Not a whole lot of excitement happened in my life. It was quite routine and boring. I married my high school sweetheart, and we had one daughter. Got divorced within a couple of years, and in a year or so after the divorce she was killed in a car crash. I then got custody of my daughter. A few years after my first wife died, I married Joyce, she was six years older than I. She had three children and we had one together, giving us a total of five children. Our youngest was a boy called Thomas Stewart Whitteman. I was living the life of an average middle class American citizen. It was Thursday, the last day of March. The year was 2005. I would be turning 50 in a couple of months. Our financial year ends today, and I was sitting in my office chatting with dad about how the year went, when a man walks into the office dressed in a suit and tie. "I am here to see Stewart Thomas Whitteman." He stated. "I am Stewart, but please call me Tom, won't you have a seat." I replied to him, as I introduced my dad to him, as dad was getting up to leave. "Why don't you stay Mr. …and then things took a turn
