I guess I wasn’t thinking. I never meant for it to go so far. I was just shook by the insult, I guess. If I’d cooled down some, I probably wouldn’t have done it, and that little girl wouldn’t be paralyzed.
It wasn’t like it would never have happened sooner or later. Butler was always lax on wheel safety. A good many of them bolts was stripped so’s you could turn ’em with your hands anyway. I just loosened up some of the others.
The truth is if they hadn’t fired me none of this would have had to happen.
Ah ha!!! Now i know how the wheel came loose in my story!!
Yep, he was drinking on the job, got sent to the kiddie-boats, continued to drink and was fired, so a bit of sabotage, setting things up for Willet to ply his trade almost unnoticed…
If, if, if. The title says it all.
Oh my. No remorse. None at all. Excellent writing.
A shrewdly observed dissection of the act of revenge. The motive for sabotage was wounded pride, and the same pride allowed no genuine remorse; it was ‘their’ fault. Well written.
The girl was paralysed, but so what? He got his revenge and that’s all that mattered to him..
Vengeful person you are! Now what will happen to little girl? She is paralysed for life!
Wow, he doesn’t give a hoot, what a git. Love this one, really sour.
Powerful write … I agree with Penny’s comment. Ditto !!! Well done …
Isadora ?
What a grim story. Terrific title and the character’s very convincingly portrayed. Very effective.
Great write.