A Million Dollar Misstep

“Please step out of the car,” I said.

The driver did as instructed.

“Hands behind your back.”

This nerdy kid was driving unlicensed. Again. So handcuffs and jail for him.

“I have a thought,” he interrupted.

Thick glasses, bowl haircut. By the looks of him, thinking was all he ever did.

“I’m CEO of a new software company. Microsoft. How about a few stock options in exchange for ignoring all this?”

The balls.

“Sorry, sir. No one’s above the law in New Mexico,” I informed him.

Besides… stock? In a software company? Hell knows what I would do with that.