"Golden Parachute," by Travis Richardson, in Murder, Neat, edited by Michael Bracken and Barb Goffman, Level Short Books, 2024
I have a story in this book.
This is the fourth appearance on this page by my friend and fellow Sleuthsayer, and a slick tale it is.
Alex Dorrett, our narrator, founded a tech giant but he has just been kicked out, due to some poor decisions. Keep those last two words in mind because we are going to see a lot more poor decisions before this story wraps up.
He leaves his firm's offices with a dramatic exit I will not spoil for you, goes off drinking, and falls in with bad companions. Companions who think there must be a way to glom onto some of the billionaire's wealth, if only they are clever enough to think of it. Which they ain't, but they are violent enough to harm him if he can't find a way to satisfy them. Which he will.
Here's a sample of our hero:
I talked nonstop, bitching about all the mistreatment and abuse that a billionaire like me had to endure from jerks... who harassed me about crap like ethics and decorum. It's the kind of BS that kills the innovative freedom necessary for a tech founder to thrive.
Poor baby. You'll have a lot of fun with this one.
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