The Plan (standard:drama, 1165 words)
Author: ms	Added: Sep 20 2006	Views/Reads: 3261/2216	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Joe Barnes has a plan for revenge.

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sacked.  But, Joe Barnes was tough.  He never complained.  He was, 
however,  grateful when his broken ribs eventually healed. 

Joe searched his mind for a more pleasant memory.  Ashley Simms came to
mind.  Ashley had been beautiful and popular.  Joe had matured 
physically by his senior year in high school and was considered by many 
to be reasonably handsome.  Joe smiled as he remembered Ashley.  They 
began dating early in their senior year.  Those were the happiest days 
of Joe's life.  Everything was perfect, until homecoming. 

“I'm sorry Joe,” Ashley said over the telephone.  “You do understand
don't you.  I'm still your girl.  It's just that I'm homecoming queen 
and Mitchell is homecoming king and, well – I mean we have to go to the 
homecoming dance together, don't we?” 

“Sure,” Joe managed to say. 

“Oh Joe, you're the greatest,” Ashley replied with a little too much
excitement.  “I'll see ya there.” 

“Yeah, sure.” 

Ashley Simms was Mitchell England's girl from that night on.  In fact,
they were married just after High School. 

Joe frowned.  “I have been in Mitchell England's shadow too long,” he
thought.  Junior High, High School and now at Montgomery state bank.  
Then, a feral smile crossed his face.  “No more,” he said aloud without 
realizing it.  Joe Barnes had a plan. 

He already had a job lined up at a large Dallas bank.  He couldn't wait
to turn in his vacation request and then see the look on Mitchell's 
face when he also turned in his two week's notice.  He also wished he 
could see the look on Mitchell's face when he saw the little surprise 
he would leave. 

Joe took a deep breath and knocked on the door. 

“Yeah,” Mitchell growled without looking up. 

“I have to turn this in to you.  It's a vacation request.  You have to
sign –“ 

“Ha,” Mitchell grunted.  “The day I need you to tell me how to do my job
is the day I'm brain-dead, Barnes.”  He grabbed the request and signed 
it and then said, “There now get out of here and get some work done.  
And try not to mess things up too much.” 

Joe remained silent as usual.  He turned to leave and then remembered
the other notice.  “I'm supposed to give this to you.” 

“Then put it on the desk and get out,” Mitchell said without looking up.


Joe was briefly disappointed he wouldn't see Mitchell's face when he saw
the resignation notice.  He quickly switched his thoughts to the rest 
of the plan.  His feral smile returned.  He was sure Mitchell had not 
seen the note Joe had placed on his desk along with his two week's 
notice. 

Joe chuckled as he thought of the words on the note. 

“I know your secret.  Soon everyone will know.” 

He was observant enough to know that Mitchell England was not a faithful
husband.  It made him angry that he treated Ashley that way.  Joe had 
no intentions of  letting anyone else know about Mitchell's 
indiscretions.  He couldn't do that to Ashley.  He did, however, take 
pleasure knowing that Mitchell England did not know this. 

Joe did not hear about what happened for almost a month. 

He hung up the phone and stared at nothing in particular.  He had been
talking to one of his sisters in Montgomery.  She had just told him 
that Mitchell England had committed suicide.  It seems he shot himself 
in his office.  He left a note which said, “I'm sorry.”  There was no 
mention of the note Joe had left.  An investigation had revealed that 
Mitchell had been embezzling money from the bank. 

Joe put his hands in his hands and sobbed.  “It was a joke, he cried.  
Just a joke...” 


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