Let him have the boots and the watch

From Create Your Own Story

"Fine. Take them both," you say. You pull off your boots and hand them to the doctor along with the watch. He smiles. "Excellent."

Well, the good news is that the doctor didn't bother inspecting the boots carefully enough to find the data drive, and neither did the upper-class Syrian woman who eventually bought the boots from him. The bad news, of course, is that you just made an utterly ridiculous decision.

You are kept in the hospital for observation for a few more days. When the staff release you, they arrange to give you a ride to Beirut. From there you catch a plane to Europe and then on to the United States.

You make up a story about losing the data drive involuntarily, but your superiors are suspicious. They give you lie-detector tests until you admit the truth. You are forced to resign from the agency in disgrace.

You attempt to land a prestigious job like a bodyguard or a security consultant, but because of your burned bridges with the CIA you are turned down for all of them. Eventually, the best you can find is being a rent-a-cop at a shopping mall.

As you ride your Segway through the mall, you sigh and think longingly of the glamorous life you used to have.

THE END