“Everyone is different.”
The Oompa
Loompas* #quote
Today CJ and I
went to the first tournament of this weekend. He got 6th
and I got 14th out of forty people. It was “swiss”
rounds were everybody played the same number of games. Anyway onto
the flash fiction!
The Mob
Boss's Will
Despite all the
violence in the criminal “businesses” the head of the Garratone
family died of natural causes. Mr. Garrtone made most mob bosses look
like incompetent fools when it came to running an efficient criminal
enterprise. With a morality of doing evil but then feeling remorse
and saying sorry later he was willing to cross lines than gain favor
and get in good graces. He did, in a strange way, feel sorry for what
he did. But he never stopped being greedy. His life existed as a
cycle of self-satisfaction and guilt.
And when his
life ended it became apparent that he chose to die that way as well.
When his will was read to the family they learned that he gave away
all his wealth to the most solid, reputable, good-natured charities
out there. Mr. Garrtone chose not to give away all his wealth while
he lived but only when he died. Living greedy and cruel and only
repenting after death.
His family
despised this decision. The mob boss gave them money while he lived,
but to lose all their massive inheritance was a grueling blow to
them. The family of criminals worked to take the money from the
charities. They hired the best lawyers they could and bribed or
threatened the lawyers that stood against them.
They almost got
their money back until one lawyer came forward. A woman from a small
town who only was introduced to big cities when she went to law
school. But she didn't even live near the Garrtone family. The story
was in the news but people soon feared actually going towards the
case. The woman came up with a different plan than just going into
court and questioning the wording of the bill.
“Who're are
you?” The son of Mr. Garrtone said the next time he went to one of
the meetings with the charities to threaten them.
“My name is
Elizabeth Talon,” the lawyer said to him. “All the charities you
have been suing for contents for the will are doing multiple counter
suits against you. A settlement for dropping your case is offered.
However if you go forward part of their suits will require a thorough
investigation of all your businesses.”
The son of Mr.
Garrtone had no idea how this lawyer created such a legal trap for
them, but he knew that if their businesses were investigated than all
their criminal enterprises could be discovered and they could be
landed in prison for a very long time. And the police have been
looking for an excuse to investigate them for years. The mob family
dropped all lawsuits against all the charities and all the charities
kept the massive fortunes for their causes.
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