Midas Touch

W Drake Terry

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I have prepared a collection of poetry for your enjoyment that presents the various aspects of human emotion. I study the vivid reality of depression and the contrasting illusion of happiness. This book presents an attempt at dissecting fate and glorifying faith, hope and love. You will find a piece of your life written in these lyrics as we venture back into our past and look forward to the future.

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• Publié par: Book Venture Publishing LLC
• Date de parution: 30 septembre 2017
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781640694699
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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The Midas Touch

Terry W. Drake
Copyright © 2017 by Marshall Ginevan.
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Library of Congress Control Number 2017953341 ISBN-13: Softcover 978-1-64069-467-5 Pdf 978-1-64069-468-2 ePub 978-1-64069-469-9 Kindle 978-1-64069-470-5
Rev. date: 08/26/2017
Acknowledgments

I would like to thank Elizabeth “Betsy” Bachofer of Shawnee, Kansas for the Author’s picture featured on the back cover of this book. Furthermore, I would like to thank Patrick D’Arcy for his technical advice and tutorship in the legal aspects and court proceedings presented in this book.
The author utilized Wikipedia and Google for factual information depicted in this novel and has woven fictional characters throughout the rendering. This is a book of fiction and the names and events depicted in this story are the result of the author’s imagination and if they conform to factual events or people it is a coincid ence.
The Midas Touch
Book Syno psis
The Midas Touch is a book about a loving father, Willoughby Sinclair and dedicated husband who through a car wreck that kills his son Kevin suffers a head injury that sends him into a coma. After ten months in suspended animation he awakens to find that his son had died and his wife Katherine cheated on him. He also learns that he has acquired a fortune paid to him from the trucking company that caused the fatal accident. He discovers through time that he has developed a healing power that through his aura can be detected by few individuals who communicate to him his gift.
An investigative reporter, Brandy Corp attached to a local news channel learns of his unique gift and sets out to learn his identity. Through investigations on other reported miraculous healing events at road side accidents and the presence of a mysterious man who blends into the crowd and disappears. She is committed to identify this Good Samaritan by reviewing other news broadcasts from the past which discloses a mysterious figure bent over the road side victims. The emergency management teams responding to the accidents all report bloody scenes with no visible wo unds.
Another individual learns of the investigation and is similarly compelled to learn the stranger’s true identity in order to cure his stage four cancer. Although he is a wealthy man his physician has given him no hope for recovery. Engulfed in agony he uses covert forces throughout the community to identify the Good Samaritan and kidnap him for the ultimate cure of his terminal ill ness.
The story flows to a final conclusion where the Good Samaritan escapes and changes his identity once again. The investigative reporter finds Willoughby Sinclair as she satisfies her compulsion and the cancer ridden victim meets his m aker.
Terry W. D rake
Author’s Biography


T he author was born in Pittsburg, Kansas, on July 20, 1948. It is a small town in the south east corner of the state. He joined the United States Air Force in the middle of the Vietnam War era in August 1966. He served four years in the military, acquiring the G.I. Bill for his college education. He attended the University of Missouri at Kansas City, where he earned his Bachelor in Business Administration degree and continued on in graduate school. He obtained his Master in Business Administration in May 1975 and received his Certificate in Public Accounting in June 1976.
The author is the former General Manager for the Board of Public Utilities in Kansas City, Kansas, and a former Board Member for the American Public Power Association. He has served on the Board of Western Fuels Association and is a member of The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. In his last eight years in public service, he lived in the United States Territory of the Virgin Islands on St. Thomas. He served as the Chief Financial Officer for the Water and Power Authority and as a special financial consultant to the Government of the Virgin Islands. The author began his new career in writing after the death of his wife Deanna in 2004 and now lives in Kansas City, Ka nsas.
Mr. Drake is the father of three children. His elder daughter Terry Christine Drake lives in Everett, Washington, with her two sons Sean and Jacob, his younger daughter Dresden Marie Drake Goldberg lives in Frisco, Texas, with her husband Stephen Arnold Goldberg and their twin girls Hannah and Harper, and the author’s son Brandon “Octavian” Lee Drake lives in Tampa, Florida, just after serving eight years in the United States Navy stationed in J apan.
Chapter One
Introduction to the Sinclair’s
W illoughby Sinclair had just turned twenty seven this last July 20 th and was enjoying the rewards of tenor as an insurance investigator for Kansas City Life Insurance Company. He had gained substantial experience and retained knowledge in the field of tracking missing beneficiaries on life insurance policies held by his firm. He had enlisted the support of a high tech computer nerd by the name of Mike Cooper to enhance his skills in tracking down beneficiaries on the various poli cies.
Mike Cooper had befriended Willoughby and provided tutorial services on the use of computer programs available in the market place to improve his skills in the investigations he was assigned. Willoughby’s association with Mike Cooper was conducted outside his work involvement because he did not wish to share his secret alliance. Through Mike Cooper’s instructions Willoughby gained an education on skip traces and genealogy. The tools he was introduced to were Tracers Information, Lexis Nexis, and Social Security Death Index, wikitree.com, googletree.com and ancestry.com. Willoughby used these tools from home on his personal computer to ensure success on his assignments at work.
On the job Willoughby utilized social media such as face book, linkedin.com and others to perform his duties keeping his other sources a secret from all who would inquire into his success as an investigator. Willoughby maintained the highest success rating of 78% over all investigators looking for beneficiaries. The closest competition from other agents had a success rating of 56% which is not much better then chance. The odds are against an investigator to try to find a beneficiary who does not wish to be found. However, he knew that most beneficiaries are unaware of a policy held by a deceased family me mber.
All the investigators were informed that should their efforts prove unsuccessful the money from the insurance policy would revert back to the Treasury of the state where the policy was purchased. This inspired Willoughby to work harder at finding lost beneficiaries to keep the state from confiscating the funds. Another incentive was the additional compensation he earned on each successful investiga tion.
Willoughby invested wisely and purchased a home at White Oak Estates in Lenexa Kansas just a few short years after his marriage to Katherine Rogers on March 21, 2007. She had blessed him with a son Kevin Andrews Sinclair on April 26, 2008 and Willoughby became so attached to his young man that he took him everywhere he went except work. It was during these hours that Kevin was in preschool and feeling all grow n up.
Willoughby was very active in sports in his community and took Kevin to his softball games. He sat quietly in the bleachers with his mother on occasions and could be seen applauding with his tiny hands at every single pitch it seemed. The team from his neighborhood was called the White Oak Wonders and WOW was proudly displayed on their caps. Beside softball they were into volley ball. This last year Kevin was introduced to T-Ball and demonstrated his questionable skills on the field and at bat. He tried hard to be the athlete his father was but his skills would improve in time.
Within five years Willoughby was able to pay off the mortgage on his home through the extra payments on principle raised from bonus payments through his successful efforts at work. For the last year his only payments on his home were for the real estate tax and insurance. He was not one to borrow money and generally paid for their daily living expenses in cash. He owned credit cards for his travel; but always paid the balance upon receipt of the monthly invoice. His business expenses were reimbursed by his employer and on every excursion out of town he bought Kevin a souv enir.
Katherine started her career with The Mission Bank as a clerk in loan services but had recently been promoted to a loan officer. She was independent and shared Willoughby’s concern to be debt free. The concerns over their househol