copyright J Hardy Carroll
My brother Terrance would make a brilliant lawyer. For him, any agreement was a Swiss cheese of loopholes.
He once bet me $1,000 I couldn’t live in an abandoned house for a month. I’d seen Fight Club, seemed okay.
I moved into one on the outskirts of town. I had a part-time job so I made the house my project. Once I could keep out the raccoons and the rain, it was pretty nice.
Terrance refused to pay. He argued that as soon as I’d moved in, it wasn’t abandoned any longer. Like I said, a brilliant lawyer.
The jerk.
The Green-Walled Tower 
April 11th, 2016 at 1:35 am
Ha ha very good. Loved the line about the Swiss cheese full of loopholes 🙂
April 11th, 2016 at 4:20 am
Ha! Ha! There’s a bright future for Terrance in the legal world I can tell. Nice one.
April 11th, 2016 at 6:02 am
When I saw the title, I couldn’t resist reading this one. I’ve known people like Terrance. They’ll burn you every time. Great job, David.
April 11th, 2016 at 7:18 am
Dear David,
I want Terrance to represent me. He might be a jerk, but a brilliant one. Good job on the story!
Shalom,
Rochelle
May 1st, 2016 at 8:24 pm
Sorry, just getting around to replying to back comments. Sometimes the biggest jerks are the best at their jobs, like Dr. House.
April 11th, 2016 at 8:09 am
Great story! Complete in so few words.
April 11th, 2016 at 8:18 am
Ah, logic. When dealing with this guy, the narrator better make definitions of the terms before they bet on something. Great story.
May 1st, 2016 at 8:23 pm
He’d be a great guy to write the fine print in contracts, although he’d get a reputation pretty quick.
April 11th, 2016 at 9:18 am
Lesson learned! Maybe his brother is preparing him to become a lawyer. If so, he had a great mentor! Enjoyed.
April 11th, 2016 at 10:16 am
A lawyer you should definitely have on speed dial! Brilliant story!😊
April 11th, 2016 at 1:15 pm
Lawyerly logic! I want him if I ever need a lawyer!
April 11th, 2016 at 8:40 pm
LOL
April 12th, 2016 at 7:32 am
Good story, David. I kind of saw that one coming. The jerk would make a good lawyer if he survives to become one. He better pick and choose who he pulls those bets on. Well done. 😀 — Suzanne
April 12th, 2016 at 7:37 am
My kind of lawyer 🙂 clever.
April 12th, 2016 at 10:19 am
Ha! Clever (both the story and Terrance). That was a fun and inventive take on the prompt. Also reminds me why I hate lawyers. 🙂
April 12th, 2016 at 12:34 pm
that way he won’t ever lose a wager
April 12th, 2016 at 5:06 pm
A great story, made me smile
April 24th, 2016 at 9:48 am
[…] So for the first blog post I shall share a nice quick flash fiction which made me chuckle, perhaps swallow the liquid in your mouth before you read this, I would hate to be responsible for anyone spraying tea or coffee over their screen, https://greenwalledtower.wordpress.com/2016/04/10/hed-make-a-brilliant-lawyer/ […]
May 25th, 2016 at 1:27 am
or politician
May 30th, 2016 at 9:45 pm
yeah really. 🙂