by chymera
Yes, well, Jimmy-Jack may be watching through the weeds. Nobody knows..........
I was rolling my eyes, thinking this is yet another story with a dumbass father forgiving traitorous offspring for no reason. And no, "b-but they are his kids" is not a reason. All human relationships are based on give and take. Thankfully the twist in the end fixed the story. He gave them a chance at the money knowing they are too much like their mother to take it. So in truth, he just left a time bomb into that pit of snakes he called family. Would be nice to see the aftermath of the explosion but even short like that, it was enjoyable.
The story has some clever ideas, but the author desperately needs to think carefully about his vocabulary. Some of his blunders are very strange. For example, condition #5 as described in the story includes the following language: " the funds will then be immediately dispersed to the tertiary beneficiaries," The correct word to be used in paying out funds is "disbursed."
This was a great read, for me. Different slant on BTB.
I'd enjoy reading a follow up if you have it in mind.
...and humorous. Kudos to the author. The final punchline in the last paragraph must have been written with a twinkle in chymera's eyes.
Keep 'em comin'!
Short as it may be,it still is juuuusst enough to be a decent story with the inovative revenge... No it's not nit picking to see how his anticipated revenge unfolded...3stars..JZK
I liked it. Now that was funny. The girls are definitely going to get burned as bad as his wife got.
I thought the twist would be that the husband actually had a son via surrogate after learning of the dna results
I liked it, but he went too easy on the daughters. The trust should have provided them a limited monthly stipend, forcing them to work to maintain standard of living; with the bulk invested in a managed fund for grandkids’ educations and more substantial benefits around age 25.
Good story, well written. It is a shame the author did not let us know what happened with the girls. He stated that since he died, he would never know. Well there are several religions belief in the after life, Heave , Hell, Purgatory, etc. And the believe is also that living in the afterlife you can see stuff happening on earth. So I am hoping he would reconsider adding another story to find out what happen or allow other authors to write it. 5 stars
Good fresh story, put a smile on my face. Enjoyed the read. Thanks for your writing.
Surely the pre nup dies, sorry for the pun, with him and the only relevant document is his will.