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RE: STACH Short Story Contest #24: 199 words, 5 winners, 15SBD prize pool!

in #contest7 years ago

All Is Not Lost

I don't know how I made it to the bank after receiving the alert. I was scared shitless and beginning to wonder how jail would be like. With my mind on hyperdrive, I narrowly avoided driving into other vehicles a couple of times.
Recently, my boss had transferred five hundred thousand dollars to my account to be used in purchasing some stuff abroad. Yesterday my wife told me she had to go on a business trip so I'm sure you can imagine how I felt when she called me to say she had absconded the country with the money. Shortly after, I got an alert showing that the money was truly gone.
Not believing, I went to the bank where this was confirmed. Just as I started hyperventilating, my phone rang and I got another alert that the money had been deposited into our joint account. Turns out she made a mistake in the transfer. Immediately, I withdrew the money, and opened a new bank account. So now I've got my boss's money back, though my marriage is definitely over. But at least I don't have to think of prison so, ***all is not lost