Night shift over, he takes the bus to his second job.
He reads a crumpled newspaper, discarded in disgust by a fellow passenger.
Another bank failure, another bailout.
It’s easy to be a risk taker, he reflects, if you have money and there are no real consequences for bad decisions.
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This 50-word story was written by Bruce Arbuckle, inspired by the Freewriters writing prompt on Hive, “Bank failure”
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