2016/10/09 - Horace, Alex, & Lucille continued

Remember the note that Alex felt would come in handy someday? You know, the one that Horace wrote to the bank teller telling her to throw everything away that was inside the box?

It was time to cash in. Since Horace didn't know that the bank sent the note to Alex, Alex planned to set a trap to catch Horace in a lie.

The opportunity came.
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Alex woke to a phone message from Horace sounding desperate, asking if Lucille had received the letter he sent regarding the CDs. Alex, not wanting to talk to Horace, replied by email saying "No, I haven't seen anything in the mail from you all week." And he added "By the way, do you know what has become of my mom's birth certificate, marriage license, and other important documents that were in your joint safe deposit box?"

The trap was set, and it worked like a charm.

Horace replied that he had no idea about anything of hers that was in their safe deposit box, and offered Alex what he called, a "deal".

He said that he had two CD's worth $21,000, of which Lucille is the beneficiary, and that he would keep her as such if Alex let him talk with her on the phone every Sunday.

In Alex's mind, this sounded more like a threat or a bribe, than a deal, and he felt that Horace had now reached a new level of cheapness.

First off, he wasn't offering to give her anything, he was threatening to take something away. Secondly he was offering him a deal which he could revoke at any time. Thirdly, the deal only benefits Lucille if he dies first. And lastly, it's money that he can't use anyway because he will be dead. What a generous deal!

With a smile and sense of relief, Alex replied "As for your "deal", my answer is definitely NO, and my reason is that I can't trust you Horace, because you are a liar, and here's my proof", to which Alex attached a copy of his note written in his shaky printing.

Finally Alex said that he and Lucille didn't want any of his money, to leave to to his kids and to leave he and Lucille ALONE.

Unfortunately that didn't work.
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To be continued.

Later,
Steve