Something For a Rainy Day

THE GOLDEN PARACHUTE

is the best saved for a rainy day. TK U MLJ LV NV

Good choice...

Brazil doesn't have an extradition treaty with the U.S., so it is a safe place to pick! HAHAHA!

Not surprised at the outcome. I knew that was going to happen.

Good for the old guy

I know he committed a crime but I can't help but feel good for Morgan. He gave his life to that company and the new owners discarded him like a used piece of equipment.

Enjoy your coffee Morgan

Woodmanone

Saw that coming but funny none the less

I didn't really understand what happened with his kids. Did they side with their Mother and leave him? Did he pay for college for his kids and her kids? Did he help her out after she lost her second husband? Oh well.

Enjoyed it

thanks for the offering.

Once you've been abandoned by people you gave everything to

You prepare yourself for when it happens again. Morgan prepared himself well.

Nice

Great tale about beating the system. Maybe she did go with him.
Hmmm...

Thank you...

I enjoyed reading your story. Thank you.

Charming!

True, new brooms are too inflexible to sweep clean, and too innocent to see how much mischief has escaped them.

Nitpicking . . .

As someone who is in the investment business, I doubt the clients would have been happy to have bought long-term bonds BEFORE an interest rate rise. When interest rates rise, bond values fall.

I assume it was just a mental glitch on your part. It takes nothing away from a very sweet story.

Good story, but not sure I support Morgan's choices.

Sounds like he worked long hours, to the detriment of his marriage. He doesn't even know what time his wife is getting home from work, because he's not home either? So I can see the kids accepting him as an economic unit of production rather than a father. The story relates no warm family vignettes and interaction. And since the wife has no emotional content to her marriage, why put up with the economic sacrifice? For a man who is supposedly savvy to the complexities of long term investments, it sounds like he invested very little into his marriage; much more into his job. We don't know if or for how long the wife tried to redirect his attention to her and their children, but it sounds like it was very cold and distant by the time she left. That story we will never know.

So his swan song is to exit as a thief? I believe he worked, and they paid him. If he wanted more he should have invested his time and efforts into more education, acquired more marketable skills. With the support of his wife and children, they could have improved their lives. Sounds like he had this plan in the back of his mind for a long time. And being shed of the wife and kids just makes his escape that much less complicated. No, not sure Morgan is the sad underdog portrayed after all. But this was a very well written and thought provoking story. Thank you!

Love It!

Couple of thoughts -

His kids - As someone else said, maybe they DID only look on him as an "economic unit", but still, HE was there for them when their mother ran off, that should count for SOMETHING!

Ellen - I don't know how much older than her he is, but sending her a first-class ticket to Rio sounds like it might be fun!

*****

There is a certain elegance to a self defined severance package.

Smoooth clear and concise...

it left me with a smile.

Thanks for sharing on Lit.

x

loved it

I liked his scheme for a self paid "golden parachute" and way of embarrassing the new management.

Good Revenge!

He should have invited Ellen down to join him!

fantastic

poetic justice
exact revenge
tally ho
5 stars

hmmm...

This is the first RG story that I gave 5* to.
No, Morgan wasn't perfect, but I'd bet that if they hadn't fired him and had treated him reasonably he would have stayed and worked honestly for them.

Clever Story...

...with a great ending. Love it when a plan comes together. Five stars from this reader.

also my first

5 star rate for this author. he finally got one correct.
other tales are 2-3 star efforts. some have, some have not, why I don't attempt writing.

Further Thoughts

"I have fallen in love with someone else," – You don’t JUST “fall in love” with someone; you have to out with them, get into romantic situations, etc.

“He hadn't heard from any of his kids in over five years.” – That’s amazing! Their mother walks out, he sacrifices everything for them, and then they abandon him?

@Anonymous “Saw that coming” – I don’t believe the kids sided with her, she left them with him, he DID pay for HIS kids college.

@Anonymous “Nitpicking” – I claim NO expertise, but I believe the customers were happy because they were the bond issuers, so by selling when they did they paid out a lot less in interest.

@Anonymous “Good story” – MAYBE he could have devoted more time to his family, but as you say, we see no effort on her part to encourage more “family” time, in fact SHE abandons her family (not just him), to “trade up”.

Great Feel Good Read*****

Thanks for sharing.

Ah Richard...

You're my hero.

Very nice!

Got to watch out for the little guys! He certainly looked out for himself. I wonder if the ex or the kids even missed him? One thing. When the kids wanted to go to school they should have had to pay their own way or at the very least go to the local University. Spoiled little brats!

Hooray For Morgan

One of your better stories. Short...but good. I liked the ending. Haha The wife should have stayed with Morgan. Dumb bitch.

Delicious

Even though everyone is guilty in the story!

Gave It a Four, But...

Mainly because it deserved more than a three, gave it the bump for sticking it to the man!

It's been said before, maybe even by me, that he should have sent Ellen a ticket to Rio! That would have made it a SOLID four!

Gave it a Four Star

Could of gone into more depth I thought about Morgan's divorce and Ellen's life.