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The weeks and months went by, with Miguel following the same patterns as he had planned for himself that first week. He told women that he had a job on the other side of town and frequently travelled during the week. This gave him the ability to keep them at a distance as he chose, yet keep the women available to him as he needed them. If this was not suitable for a particular woman, then she could leave the relationship - but she rarely did. The hardest parts were the vacations from school when he would be alone. He would try to schedule some time with a woman or two, but usually they had arrangements to go home for the holidays. He took summer classes where he could, so again he had only weekend time for frolicking with women. Fortunately Carole and Ann were very reliable and usually available when he needed them.

Each semester seemed to rush by, with his studies going well. His grades were excellent which of course pleased his father. The first year his classes were rather standard and relatively boring to him. He and his father had decided that he would study chemical engineering once his core subjects were completed. His father suggested that this background would be of immense value to him as he prepared for jihad. As usual he agreed with his father without finding total comprehension necessary.

He was able to accelerate his progress through the chemical engineering program because he and his father had decided to continue his classes throughout each summer. He was on schedule to graduate in three years and that would leave his fourth year for the master’s degree that he would need for a good job. He was pleased with his progress, and his interest in his education grew as the courses became more difficult. He suggested to his father that he take additional courses in medical science and pharmacology and his father agreed.

Fortunately his interests aligned with those of his father most of the time. The pursuit of a specialty in pharmaceutical development and manufacturing is what interested him, and his father thought that this specialty would be of great value to the cause. He couldn’t quite figure out yet why his father was also interested in this course of study for him. He already knew that his father’s plans for him and his own plans for himself were starting to diverge, but at this point he didn’t care.

He did receive his diploma as he had planned after the third year of classes, and was accepted into the graduate program in his chosen field. Hopefully this would enable him to find a position that interested him.

He easily convinced his father that the immediate goal after the University would be to work in a lab at a small pharmaceutical company. Prior to this final year, his father continued to develop his sinister plan without his son’s knowledge. At the same time Miguel began to see what his father had planned for his future, and he was not interested. He couldn’t openly disagree with his father, but he could create his own plans without his father’s knowledge.