A Little Ray Of Hope
~ 1 ~ His name was Phillip Winslow He lived in an area of Toronto called Rosedale. His family was extremely wealthy. In the low billions from the dozen businesses it owned. His father was one of three brothers who ran the empire under the corporate banner of Winslow Industries. It consisted mostly of industrial businesses that were recession-proof. Each brother ran a group of companies and once a year, around Christmas time, they all got together and divided up the profits. Two years earlier, Phil had graduated from the University of Toronto. But Phil was a Winslow in name only. He wanted nothing to do with the family businesses, so he majored in English. All he had ever wanted was to be some kind of a writer. He was a bit of a disappointment to the family, as he was the only child of Julia and Jarret Winslow, and was expected to carry on in the family business. Once his dad and his uncles realized he was not in the least bit interested, Phil was left pretty much to his own devic