david manning had been licking his wounds since his one and only indiscretion at the blue stallion.although david was a semi-regular customer , the sum of his activities had always been to simply watch , and then go home and have sex with his wife.but that night was different.he really didnt have that much to drink that night and still suspected that someone had slipped something into his beer.three beers had never caused him to black out before.he wouldnt know how it would affect him now.david manning had not touched alcohol after that night.he still had to go back for his six month hiv test hopefully for a conclusive negative , and was losing sleep worrying over the outcome manning was government issue through and through.he had been with the atlanta branch for twenty-five years and enjoyed the slow pace and the big benefit package.he had a nice house in the elite town of dunwoody.his children , now off on their own had everything they wanted growing up and his wife had never had to work.but lately , the drug companies were getting more cutthroat and greedy.davids recent promotion as head of research and review required him to grant final approval before a drug could be recommended to washington.at the main office , there would be a final panel review , but davids signature was the official stamp of approval.what used to be a logical process had become a circus of greedy and entitled corporation tactics .