Mondays Finish the Story: Vultures

October 26, 2015

“I watched the vulture looking at me hungrily as I lay on the ground bleeding and injured.”

Vultures. They weren’t the flying kind that cleaned up bloody corps. No, these were the kind that came to pick at the leftovers spoils of my financial ruin.

One does not become a millionaire my being stupid, but one’s empire can crumble because of trusting the wrong people.

I’d become too involved with the grandchildren and let my company slide into fraudulent hands.

Ah, but one does not become a tycoon by being intimidated. A few choice phone calls. A few promises made. Wheeling, dealing, hostel takeovers and the vultures lay in ruins.

I might be a sweet old grandmother, but I’m no damsel in distress.

The End

Mondays Finish the Story is a unique flash fiction challenge where a new photo is provided each week, along with the first sentence of a story, which is in italic.

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17 thoughts on “Mondays Finish the Story: Vultures”

Deborah Drucker on October 26, 2015 at 8:25 pm said:

I like that the protagonist is a woman. I think I was stereotyping and thinking of an aggressive tycoon as a man. Grandmothers have to have work life balance don’t they.

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MythRider on October 26, 2015 at 9:31 pm said:

Not a grandmother so I can’t speak from experience, but I do know not all women are damsels in distress. No matter what their age. ;0) Phyllis

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- Deborah Drucker on October 26, 2015 at 9:45 pm said:
  
  Definitely and it is good to have stories that show it. 🙂
  
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  - MythRider on October 27, 2015 at 1:01 pm said:
    
    I wish I knew more about this world of finance, I’d like to write a longer story.
  - Deborah Drucker on October 27, 2015 at 4:06 pm said:
    
    Well I don’t know about it either. There are classes on investing and financial management for women. Probably stuff on line as well.
  - MythRider on October 30, 2015 at 3:09 pm said:
    
    Not worth the time for one story. Too many other stories that don’t need that kind of research. But if I find a co-writer, I might be interested. Until then, the story is finished for now. ;0)