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The Fortune Cookie Story Project – I write a 2- or 3-page short story based on fortune cookies. This is the first story of the project. The fortune for this story was “The best profit of future is the past”.

Just Another 135 Years at the Office
by Chris Maddera

John Bradley sat at the table in Briefing Room #7. He checked his watch. The project leader should have been there by now.

There was a buzz, and a green light on the door’s palm reader glowed. When a man in a gray Armani suit entered, John did not get up to shake his hand.

“You’re late,” John said.

“Yes, sorry about that,” said the man in the suit. “But, really, no such thing as “being late” in this business, is there? Better late than never, I suppose.” He sat in the chair across from John, then removed two bright blue folders from his briefcase before setting it on the floor.

The folders were identical. On the front of each folder were the words AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY – DESTROY AFTER USE. He slid one folder across the table to John, and placed the other one in front of himself.

“So, what do you have for me today?” John asked, more to himself than to the man in the suit.

“Something really easy,” the man said. “And really exciting.” He watched as John opened the folder, scanned the contents of the 3-page summary, and chuckled.

“Nice,” he said, scanning over the pages again. “Are you guys serious with this?”

“Absolutely. It might not seem as important as some of your other outings, but I assure you, it is. This is worth hundreds of millions — if not billions — of dollars to us.”

“So, this,” John said, holding the folder up. “is just as important as stopping John Wilkes Booth from assassinating Abraham Lincoln?” [click to continue…]

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