Mark McClafferty - Exile Corporation

EXILE CORPORATION

By

Mark D. McClafferty

Truth can be stranger than fiction

Fiction can sometimes come true

Exile Corporation 2010 Mark McClafferty

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Exile Corporation is a work of fiction. Names, characters, companies, businesses, organizations, places, and incidents are the products of the authors imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, names, or persons, living and dead is entirely coincidental

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For Jane

My first true love, my last true friend

You will always be the wind beneath my wings

To say thank you; those two words are not enough to describe how thankful I am to have been born into such a great family. I am thankful that my Mum, Maggie and Dad, Danny, have been such good fun as parents and that they have taken the time to participate in my life. I am thankful that I have been able to enjoy them for so long.

My big sister, Sue and her kids, Dolly and Harry, you have always brought a smile in my darkest days.

My eldest brother Steve; thank you for being my co-pilot and my rock, encouraging me to soar and for bringing me back to earth as my guide and conscience, always there for me in my time of need. You can never be replaced and the world is a better place for having you in it. I will forever be your little brother, looking up to you in so many ways. Lynn, my surrogate sister, always bubbly, bringing laughter to so many, you are a star. Thank you for never judging me and for always giving me the benefit of the doubt. Ruby, Molly and Tommy, my nieces and nephew, you give so much unconditional love, thank you for giving me so many great memories from watching you all grow up.

Dan the man, my brother and my soldier, you have always been The Man, lifting everyones spirits, the first to stand up to protect me and the last to fall down. Never give up on who you are and never forget the person you were. You know how we do. Thank you for just being you.

My son, my boy, my main man, Luke; you faced so many hurdles, doubts and fears growing up without me in your young life. I am thankful everyday for the love, friendship and good times that we share. I am so proud of the man you have become and I look forward to seeing you rise into becoming a great man. You will do great things. Thank you for ridin hard with me.

There are so many people who have touched my life in different ways; I have tried to include you in this book so that you will know how much you have meant to me. Most have been good, some have been bad and there are a few that have just been plain ugly!

I want to thank all of my friends for being in my life. A life I have watched myself live and have had to look in the mirror and question, why I am living it, and why do I deserve so many good people in it. From the past to the present, you have all helped to shape me and influence me. This is my story but it is also your story, for you have all helped in writing it. Be proud of it, as I hope you can be proud of me. A diamond with a flaw is worth more than a pebble without imperfections.

If You Believe It, You Can Achieve It

As we grow up, we learn that the one person who was not supposed to let us down probably will. You will have your heart broken probably more than once, and you will break hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken. You will fight with your best friend. You will blame a new love for the things an old one did. You will cry at times, because time itself seems to be passing you by all too fast. Eventually, you will lose someone you love.

So take too many pictures, laugh too much and love like you have never been hurt by anyone or anything in your life, because every sixty seconds that you spend being upset, feeling let down, angry or filled with revenge is a minute of happiness you can never get back.

Dare to dream and dream to do. The difference between the dreaming and the doing is in you.

Do not be afraid that your life will end.

Be afraid that it will never even begin .

- Mark Knoxx

Chief Executive Officer

Exile Corporation