This is a series of stories I wrote a while back. These are all short and my goal was to get the reader thinking about what happens next. Think of it as audience participation... I appreciate your thoughts and comments...but please be kind.
I find it interesting on Lit that I get lots of comments...some of them come directly to me and don't get posted. On the same story one reader will say it's too long, another will say it's too short, too much detail, not enough detail...I realize it is difficult to please everyone, so my thinking is...I'll just do it the way I want but try to keep your thoughts in mind.
However, you have to realize that sometimes the stories write themselves!
Thanks for your interest and comments! G
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That Moment When You Realize...
That moment when you realized that you had borrowed money from the wrong person!
Your best bud of over 5 years cut you in on a sure bet deal! You need $1000 to get in, it was "guaranteed" to pay back 7 to 1!
So I borrowed $1000 from a guy who knew a guy. I knew it was not the right thing to do, but Jason was positive that it would pay off! He and two other buddies put money in it too, the difference was they had the $1000 to lose, I had to borrow mine! But the guy gave me what he called the "sweet" deal! If I paid him back in full in 7 days or less it was $1000 plus $100, if it took 2 weeks it was $1000 plus $250. I didn't care I still stood to make over $6000!
Of course, the deal went bust. The friend who had turned me on to the money told me I had better go see "the man" and tell him what had happened and set up some kind of payment deal. Because if I ran or hid, he would hunt me down and I'd probably end up in the hospital!
I was so scared I almost threw up, but Jimmy agreed to go with me to try and ease the deal. We got to the man, he was as usual on the street in one of the worst parts of town. Hell just being there scared me enough. I was glad that he didn't go off on me, or seem like he was going to physically hurt me. We worked out the terms which were going to be really hard for me to pay because the interest just kept escalating. Hell, I figured I was going to have to sell my junker of a car, but I would gladly do that to keep from getting my legs broke or something.
After he finished telling me the outrageous terms of my payback, he informed me that if I didn't appear with what was due on the dates he set up, that in less than 12 hours someone would find me and I had better have a pretty good medical plan! That, of course, scared the shit out of me, and then he dropped the bomb.
"Now, get on your knees, bitch!"