Chapter 3 – Settling Up-1
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Chapter 3 – Settling Up
Tuesday, June 10th, 2014
I spent the morning using the desk and phone in Mel’s den to consult with my supervisors and the investigative teams in Columbus and Chicago about my status and the status of the prosecution of the suspects in my prior smuggling case. Minor investigations and discovery were ongoing in the case and there was still agency infighting going on between Customs and the other two federal agencies that had skin in the game.
This case could take a couple of years to resolve...years of me sitting behind a desk like this one if Customs decided that was what’s best to do with me. I don’t want to sit behind a desk – any desk – for two more weeks, let alone two years or more!
The more I thought about it, the more I realized that Mel was right; I needed to be frank with HR about my condition and let the chips fall where they might. As it turns out, they didn’t have very far to fall at all.
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