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Sweet as Spring Water Vignette of Serendipity

Tim had just concluded 2 1/2 years with the firm, deftly and doggedly returning a moribund operation into the leader, bar none... well, at least he was told that his team's results had "raised the bar".

A remote operation, the farewell was not oversachharine nor was it prolonged. Just two weeks of training the new guy - because honestly why hire a woman and throw all the progress in the trash - a surprise cake, a goodbye e-mail, and everything tied neatly with a bow. Said individual well wishes to each of the crew as they carry on with the torch, fighting the good fight.

Tim walked out of the door for the last time, setting the motion detector alarm off with an odd double-chirp. He suppressed the urge to jump and fist-pump to celebrate his self-surgical-removal from the company, essential though he had become and shocking though his departure was.

He climbed into his 26-year-old truck and the aftermarket radio turned on automatically, to the oldies station. Not ten seconds later, "Landslide" by Fleetwood Mac came on. Tim sighed at the coincidence, shifted into gear, and turned the volume dial higher.

> Tim had just concluded 2 1/2 years with the firm, deftly and doggedly returning a moribund operation into the leader, bar none... well, at least he was told that his team's results had "raised the bar". > A remote operation, the farewell was not oversachharine nor was it prolonged. Just two weeks of training the new guy - because honestly why hire a woman and throw all the progress in the trash - a surprise cake, a goodbye e-mail, and everything tied neatly with a bow. Said individual well wishes to each of the crew as they carry on with the torch, fighting the good fight. > Tim walked out of the door for the last time, setting the motion detector alarm off with an odd double-chirp. He suppressed the urge to jump and fist-pump to celebrate his self-surgical-removal from the company, essential though he had become and shocking though his departure was. > He climbed into his 26-year-old truck and the aftermarket radio turned on automatically, to the oldies station. Not ten seconds later, "Landslide" by Fleetwood Mac came on. Tim sighed at the coincidence, shifted into gear, and turned the volume dial higher.

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What a wonderful little scene, the happy-ish ending is kind of gay and boring though.

Would be better if his truck plowed into a pregnant woman, killing her and unborn child, sending him to jail for 35 years, and when his pregnant wife realized that he wouldn't be around to help raise the kid, she decided to get an abortion, and subsequently killed herself because she regretted it so much, so he had 35 years to do nothing but sit and think and think about the two women and two unborn children that were no longer alive because of him.

Other than that, great story!