The Old Man With the Briefcase
Wounds from the past get in the way of good decisions
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8 min readAug 18, 2022
No one paid much attention when the old man with the tattered leather briefcase and umbrella walked into the bar.
He was dressed in a tweed jacket, slacks, black tie, and matching black fedora. Compared to the casually dressed patrons in the dimly lit bar, he was overdressed. But then, all walks…