Happy Sunday to all of you.
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Prompt from Andrew Byrne
“A slip, A fall, and ....."
Shall I tell you this story?
Okay… here goes.
Urgently needing to disappear, I quickly sold two masterpiece paintings and squirreled the proceeds into a bank on Labuan, a small island off the coast of Borneo where the flimsy financial code was rarely enforced.
In that tropical paradise, the sea was permanently vibrant aquamarine, the beaches shimmered golden in what seemed everlasting sunshine, and chilled beer on warm days would be my welcome respite from a laborious, albeit successful career on Wall Street.
Labuan Island, the world’s least-known money laundering capital, was the thrilling refuge I sought, at least for a few years. After that, I could assimilate into any large city under an assumed name.
Okay… the two masterpiece paintings weren’t mine to sell, but it seemed a minor detail when I sat in the VIP lounge at La Guardia Airport, drinking Champagne while eating macadamia nuts. The atmosphere was electric because I knew leaving now meant an extended vacation.
She saw me from across the lounge, and my heart stopped - the game was over, or at least, it was paused for now.