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				 TWENTY DOLLARS 
 
			
			TWENTY DOLLARS  
 On their wedding night, the young bride
 Approached her new
 Husband and asked for $20.00 for their first
 Lovemaking encounter. In
 His highly aroused state, her husband readily
 Agreed.
 
 This scenario was repeated each time they made
 Love, for more
 Than 30 years, with him thinking that it was a
 Cute way for her to
 Afford new clothes and other incidentals that
 She needed.
 
 Arriving home around noon one day, she was
 Surprised to find
 Her husband in a very drunken state.
 During the next few minutes, he explained that
 His employer
 Was going through a process of corporate
 Downsizing, and he had
 Been let go. It was unlikely that, at the age of
 59, he'd be able to find
 Another position that paid anywhere near what
 He'd been earning, and
 Therefore, they
 Were financially ruined.
 
 Calmly, his wife handed him a bank book which
 Showed more than thirty
 Years of steady deposits and interest totaling
 Nearly $1 million. Then she
 Showed him certificates of deposits issued
 By the bank which were worth over $2 million,
 And informed him that they
 Were one of the largest depositors in the bank.
 She explained that
 For the more than
 Three decades she had 'charged' him for sex,
 These holdings had multiplied
 And these were the
 Results of her savings and investments.
 Faced with evidence of cash and investments
 Worth over $3
 Million, her husband was so astounded he could
 Barely speak, but
 Finally he found his voice and blurted out, 'If
 I'd had any idea what you
 Were doing, I would have given you all my
 Business!'
 
 That's when she shot him.
 
 You know, sometimes, men just don't know when
 To keep their mouths shut
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