I reminded them that they had agreed to allow me to instruct them on the stock market, how to trade, research and make profit. I told him there’s no way I could do that and close their accounts. Since they made the trades they were responsible for their stocks, when I finished instructing them I will allow them to transfer back the original two hundred thousand dollars and not a minute before.
Marshall knew how stubborn I can be. If I told someone something I would do there is no way anyone would stop me from making it happen. Bringing his hands up in surrender Marshall says, “We did agree that you could train us on trading. But we had no idea you were going to give us two hundred thousand dollars to use.”
Smiling I tell Marshall and Misty, “Think of it as incentive, if you do what I tell you, you will have more than enough money to pay me back fully. At the end of the year you should have enough to go to college without any restrictions, no need for student loans or scholarships. If I do well enough on your instructions, not only that you should be able to go on your residuals without touching the principal of your wealth.
Marshall is a little stunned says, “You mean you’re not going to take more than 200,000 back even if we had made more than three, four or five times that by then.”
Smiling I say, “Think of it as incentive, if I screw up teaching you. I’m the one will be out one hundred thousand dollars. Granted that’s not much of an incentive for me. But I really doubt you would allow me to put ten million in accounts for you. Trust me I made way over that two hundred thousand dollars today, you each made forty thousand dollars in the stock, because it increased in price. Kathryn and I made over ten times that.
Misty says, “So you’re going to let us keep what we make, only take the 200,000 back.”
Kathryn giggling says, “We don’t even have to take that back, JJ and I have more money than what will ever spend.”
Marshall says, “I don’t really know what to say, last night everything looked like it was going to fall apart. I was going to lose Misty, maybe not today but I would have given her up for her own good. I wasn’t going to let her starve. The way the economy is around here I may not have been able to find a job fast enough, or one that would support us.”
Misty interrupts him, “Marshall, don’t think for one second I will ever leave you because times get a little tough. Now JJ saved us, I actually made more today than my father did all last year. We can live off the eighty thousand dollars for at least a few years. No one is going to starve.”
My stomach growls before I say, “I don’t know about that, the way Marshall is eating didn’t leave me much for breakfast, and we’re late for lunch.”
Kathryn giggles, “It’s not going to kill you to be a little hungry.” My stomach growls again, Kathryn shakes her head and says, “Okay let’s go get something to eat.”
Marshall gets an odd expression, I remember him saying he didn’t have a dime to his name. I pulled Marshall over to the side to speak with him privately. “Marshall, you said your grandparents had given you twenty-five thousand dollars for you to use, but your father had locked you out of your accounts. I tell you what I’m going to do I’m going to advance you twenty-five thousand dollars for you to use in any form or fashion you care to. Now you’ll have to do some work around here to pay me back for it, or I’ll let you decide to repay me when your father unlocks your accounts.”
Marshall quickly says, “JJ, you know me I’ll help around here without being paid for it. Just staying here will be payment enough for me to do anything you need doing.”
I say, “Okay Marshall, we’ll go by the bank today and start another account one your father can’t access, loan you the 25,000 until you can repay it, right now you’ll need it to replace your wardrobe for you and Misty.” Jokingly I add, “Plus you’re paying for lunch.”
Laughing Marshall says, “We better hurry to the bank, before you die of hunger.”
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