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After twenty nine years as an independent financial adviser, I thought I knew enough to get by. My clients had, for the most part, enjoyed steady and relatively low risk growth to their portfolios, as had mine...

The Carpenter's Gift - A Free Short Story

She had brown hair, drawn into pigtails, a bright green jumper atop a blue denim skirt and spotlessly white socks that were housed in a pair of polished sandals; the traditional sort with creamy soles that would soon change to dirty grey.

She also had fifty pence and a clear idea of what she wanted, “Please can I have some very pretty flowers for my mummy.”

Arnie caught movement from the corner of his eye and glanced at the lady who was in charge of the child and who was urgently, though silently waving a signal to him with a twenty pound note. She was elderly; probably the girl’s grandmother and her expression held a silent plea for him to join her conspiracy.

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