Harvey Guillén
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
But in Steve's mind, this is what love looks like.
By the end of the year, Stephen and Philip are both paroled and move in together in Houston.
They have a chance to go legit, get jobs, and live happily ever after.
But of course, that's not what they do.
A stable living isn't enough for Stephen.
He wants to give Philip the swanky life he never got to provide for Jimmy.
He wants a millionaire salary, but he doesn't exactly have a millionaire's resume.
So Stephen does what he does best.
He becomes someone else.
He places fake job ads in the newspaper for a Fortune 500 company that doesn't exist.
then waits for the real resumes to flood in.
When they do, he cherry picks the best qualifications and stitches them together into his own Frankenstein CV.
A law degree, CFO experience, employee of the year, twice.
None of it is true.
but all of it looks impressive on paper.
Next, he sets up various answering machines.
When potential employers call to verify his references, they think they're reaching Prudential Insurance.
They're actually reaching Stephen, who calls back the next day doing his best corporate voice to give himself glowing reviews.
And somehow, the scheme works.
Four months after he's paroled, Stephen lands a gig at North American Medical Management, but not some menial office job.