“So Jane, “Caroline says, handing a file off to Becca, “while it’s on my mind, since you work for an attorney, you should have a will in place. I’m happy to help with that, at a discount. ”
Jane presses her lips together. “I took care of that with our family lawyer just recently,” she says, then forces what she hopes is a gracious smile. Not that I have a family lawyer, or a family left, or anything to leave to anyone anyway. And my last two lawyer bosses did it for free, you cheap hag.
Every week, Ivy at uncharted hosts the Six Sentence Stories flash fiction challenge and linkup. This week’s cue was “will.” Fun Sixes from other writers are here
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At a discount! SMH. And she wonders, I’m sure, why there is no loyalty .
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Exactly!
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And she still managed a gracious smile! 🙂
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And sometimes it’s so difficult!
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A challenge to be gracious, I suspect, and yet she managed. But I do love that last sentence!
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Thank you!
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If only nasty employers were aware of even half of what their employees were actually thinking behind those forced smiles!! Employees have the power to ruin a business, far better to keep them content! I have never known an attorney who charged his/her employees for assistance with wills and other legal paperwork, that’s usually one of the fringe benefits of the job. I really feel for Jane, I have worked for employers like this!
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I’ve worked for the awesome ones and the awful ones. The bad ones may never understand the value of an employee who feels appreciated, sadly.
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man… this is tough bunch of beneficiaries, in this (and the other Sixes taking the prompt word in the context of “…and Testament’). Good Six Sentencing
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Inheritance is a privilege not a right. 🙂
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I love the look at the internal thought processes that you sometimes write into your stories!
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Aw, thank you!
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Sharp!
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Thanks!
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Welcome 🙂
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I admire Becca for holding it together and keeping emotion out of the situation. She is clearly filled with it.
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Loved the thoughts going through her mind …. A good six…
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Thanks!
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