{"id":2446,"date":"2021-04-05T00:01:30","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T04:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/?p=2446"},"modified":"2021-04-05T17:38:51","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T21:38:51","slug":"d-decisions-to-be-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/?p=2446","title":{"rendered":"D – Decisions to be made"},"content":{"rendered":"

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D – Decisions to be made<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

This continues the story from <\/span><\/i>B – What\u2019s in the Bag?<\/span><\/i><\/a> You may want to read that first if you haven\u2019t already.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>This was a big decision to make and I didn\u2019t want to make it alone. I decided to call my friend Ronald up for advice. Ronald had been my friend since elementary school in the Bronx. He was always coming up with ideas of things to do and I trusted his judgment despite the opinions of others, mostly my family. Suffice it to say, Ronald and I had made a few decisions that hadn\u2019t turned out the way I expected they would.<\/span><\/p>\n

Regardless of public opinion, I called Ronald and explained what had happened at the laundromat. His response was quick.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDefinitely keep the money. Think of all the things we could buy and places we could go.\u201d Ronald was quite enthusiastic and used the word \u201cwe\u201d a lot.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBut what if this is tainted money and we get caught?\u201d I asked.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ronald answered, \u201cWhy would we get caught? Who\u2019s going to admit that they left $500,000 in a laundry bag at a laundromat, especially if it is ill-gotten gain.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

This didn\u2019t help my decision. I had some fear that if it was illegal money that I could get in real trouble and possibly put in jail.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ronald suggested that we keep the money hidden at home and periodically go to the laundromat and see if there were any signs posted for lost cash or any suspicious characters hanging around that might be connected with stolen or counterfeit money. And that\u2019s exactly what we did. One or both of us would pass by every day and look for clues as to the money\u2019s origin. And since I occasionally had to do laundry there, I could get a closer look at the inside of the laundromat. Of course, I was smart enough not to bring my dirty laundry there in my tie-dyed bag, so it wouldn\u2019t be recognized and I stayed there for the entire time my washing and drying took to be done.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We continued this for three weeks and felt sure that whoever had left the money there, was not coming back. As Ronald said, \u201cFinders keepers, losers weepers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The next decision we had to make was where to keep the money. I was afraid that if I put it in a bank there would be too many questions asked. But I also wasn\u2019t comfortable with leaving it home, in case someone broke into my house and found it. Ronald suggested that we could keep it at his house, where he had a lockbox that would keep it secure. So without thinking, I threw all of the money into my laundry bag (the tie-dyed one), slung it over my shoulder, walked over to Ronald\u2019s house, and gave him the money.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In hindsight, I probably shouldn\u2019t have used the same bag that originally held the money. Little did I know, I was being followed. Something I found out the next day when I received a rather alarming phone call from Ronald. The money was gone.<\/span><\/p>\n

…to be continued in \u201cG – Gone!\u201d<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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