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The judge seemed to take pleasure in handing out the maximum possible sentance to Bert.
“It’s only twelve months,” Jack whispered, after thanking him once more for taking the fall for him. “You’ll be out soon enough.”
But as it turned out, it wasn’t soon enough to prevent Jack from shacking up with Maggie, Bert’s wife and love of his life.
“At least we told you to your face,” Jack said, safely behind the security glass in the visitors suite. “We thought we owed you that.”
Maggie smiled apologetically as she left the room, hand in hand with Bert’s brother.
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A 100 word story written by Bruce Arbuckle, inspired by the random word prompt “maximum”
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