My  cross-country  trip had  been  based  on an assumption and a gamble. The  assumption was that  the borrower was going to stop payment  on  the  $15,000 check;  the  gamble was  that  he would make the mistake  of procrastinating and  not take care  of the matter until  the  bank opened  the next morning.
I grabbed  a couple  [...]

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