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The Secretarial Pool

October 14, 2024 8 Comments

By Noland Taylor

The widow, the much younger second wife of the deceased Mr. Robinson, springs from her chair, wide eyed, smiling, head raised to the heavens and fists pumping in victory.

“It’s all mine now!” she shouts. “Who says being a secretary doesn’t pay!”

Others in the boardroom are taken aback at her display, with jaws agape and eyebrows raised. The attorney patiently watches the spectacle with a blank face and head cocked in bewilderment. Holding back a smirk he says, “Mrs. Robinson, please allow me to clarify…you do understand that the entire estate is going to his current secretary, don’t you?”

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Comments

  1. Mary Anne Gorman says

    October 14, 2024 at 7:11 am

    I love that it would make an excellent beginning to a longer story, especially when the lawyers got involved. However, wonderfully captured in excellent writing

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  2. Vivian says

    October 14, 2024 at 9:08 am

    Great!

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  3. Suzanne says

    October 15, 2024 at 1:07 pm

    True story, for oh so many…

    Reply
  4. Toni Brayer says

    October 16, 2024 at 7:02 am

    Great ending.

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  5. dan says

    October 16, 2024 at 7:31 am

    the devil’s in the details

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  6. MG Chapin says

    October 16, 2024 at 8:08 am

    Haha!!! I this is great!!!

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  7. JK Hayward-Trout says

    October 16, 2024 at 1:12 pm

    Love it! It’s so satisfying.

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  8. Ed Kratz says

    October 17, 2024 at 12:24 am

    Great. Perfectly executed.

    Reply

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