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Jeannine Lawall's avatar

Any lawyer's bill is bad news, but an invoice that starts at "age of consent" research is bound to go from bad to worse. In one month's time?!?!? Wow, Mr. Fox moved fast...

Scott MacLeod's avatar

Receiving this is called adding insult to injury😊

Gerard DiLeo's avatar

So clever I’m jealous!

Scott MacLeod's avatar

Thx! I may or may not have been accused of generating creative/fictitious legal bills in a past life 😊

Sharron Bassano's avatar

I am jealous, too. To get such great mileage out of a noir cliché, is genius.

Kathy Carroll's avatar

Brilliant! So much drama, so many laughs!

Scott MacLeod's avatar

Very kind, many thanks, and thx for reading!

Sharron Bassano's avatar

Wait! What about the pipefitter?? Antonetti simply lost the plumbing contract in this whole messy deal? Or did I miss something? Poor Mr Fox - off to prison and $100K in debt. He should have chosen a woman his own age. Tsk!

( Such a clever format for telling a story, Scott. I loved it!)

Scott MacLeod's avatar

Mr. A. needed to be more careful about where he laid his pipe.

Sharron Bassano's avatar

I imagine Antonetti is not a cautious kind of guy. However, as a plumber, I am sure he understands the one basic law of plumbing, shit runs downhill.

(sorry...)

Scott MacLeod's avatar

Ha! He lost a nice piece of business leaky old mansion and all but the heart wants what it wants.

Sharron Bassano's avatar

sigh...

Ken Beyer's avatar

"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers" was written by William Shakespeare !

Scott MacLeod's avatar

The lawyers are catching more shade than the killer in the comments!😎

M.E. Proctor's avatar

Ahahahah! My Dutch ancestry shivers... thinking he could have avoided all this if he'd shot her right off the bat! Question: Did Dino take the bride for a whirl on the dance floor?

Scott MacLeod's avatar

Ha. Wouldn’t spring for the whole Rat Pack!

Oscar Ruto Chemelil's avatar

This is great stuff

Carole Roseland's avatar

Very efficient law firm! And cheap, too!

Scott MacLeod's avatar

Thx but those are 1959 dollars!!

Carole Roseland's avatar

Still cheap. That would be about 1.1 million dollars now. For all that legal work, a pittance!

Scott MacLeod's avatar

Ha thx I guess you are right. In the old days some firms did not itemize but then I’d have no story !!😊

Nick Buchheit's avatar

Haha. Damn. Great format, Scott. You packed a lot of story in so few of words and an immensely clever way. Bravo!

Also, I wonder if we don't live too far apart. I'm over in Pennsylvania and I know many of the towns you've called out in Ohio.

Scott MacLeod's avatar

Thanks, Nick! I’m in Florida, I remember those towns from the old Drew Carey show!

Nick Buchheit's avatar

Ha. That makes sense. I watched that show too.

Parker McCoy's avatar

Thank you for your trust. LOL. Brilliant, Scott.

Scott MacLeod's avatar

Thank you for always reading and being so encouraging!

K.C. Knouse's avatar

Original, creative, and clever means of storytelling, Scott. And a lot of fun.

Scott MacLeod's avatar

Thanks K.C. For reading, kind words of support and restack!

Mkwawa shujaa (M)'s avatar

This is unique. Thank you for sharing

Scott MacLeod's avatar

Thank you for reading!

Kathleen Hobbs's avatar

16 years of age, what did he expect. Maybe his plumbing was out of date, so she looked elsewhere to have her pipes cleaned.

Scott MacLeod's avatar

Ha exactly! Thank you for finding it and reading!!

Kathleen Hobbs's avatar

My pleasure, Scott. I will be looking every Sunday now.