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Ex-Wife Mocked Me for Being a Mechanic, I Crashed Her Stock
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Synopsis
Feel-Good Story
Plot Twists
Counter Attack
Hypocrisy
Independence
Male POV
Face Slapping
Regret
Karma
My car broke down on the road, so I took off my jacket, popped the hood, and started checking the problem right there at the curb. A brand new convertible swung in and stopped in front of me, close enough to make a point. My ex-wife Sarah got out on the arm of a man in a tailored suit, one hand clamped over her nose in disgust. "Leo, all these years since the divorce and you're still a bottom-rung mechanic who reeks of motor oil." I wiped the grease off my hands. I could not be bothered to explain that this limited-edition supercar was one I had picked up brand new. When I stayed quiet, Sarah shoved a screenshot of her trading profits in my face. "See that? David got me into a tech stock. One day of gains beats everything you'll make fixing cars in a lifetime!" David Ashford looked down at me, his voice thick with contempt. "Sarah, what's the point of talking investing with a mechanic? He can't even read a price chart. "A mystery fund is buying this stock in batches. I'm already in at four-to-one leverage. I'm about to be set for life." Sarah laughed and threw a few bills onto my open hood. "Here's a tip. Buy yourself a decent coffee and stop cluttering up the view." I looked at the scattered bills, then at the ticker symbol on the screenshot. I knew that one well, and I smiled. That tech company's rally was nothing but a bull trap staged by a fund looking for cover while it unloaded its shares. Anyone still in it would be wiped out. I took out my phone and calmly sent a message to my trader. "We're up thirty percent. Sell it all."
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Three enforcement vehicles braked hard at the curb.Several officers in uniform got out quickly.The sergeant leading them walked up to David and unfolded a warrant with a photograph on it."David Ashford, you are suspected of forging and distributing materially false information, soliciting investors to copy your trades on the basis of so-called inside information, and collecting commissions through a brokerage sign-up link."You were already under review. The video posted today and your conduct at the scene have further documented the case against you."You also attempted to move a vehicle that may be subject to a collateral claim, and you attempted to flee the scene."Come with us."Two burly officers stepped forward and hauled David up off the ground.Cold metal cuffs clicked shut around his wrists.David's face was ashen, his legs dragging on the ground."It's over... it's all over..."I don't want to go to prison, I don't want to go to prison..."The retail buyers who had been de
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Marcus stopped at the driver's window of the supercar, bent forward, and inclined his head."Boss, the unwind is complete. We locked in a net gain of about thirty percent."Every order was a real fill and the exit followed the compliance plan. No fake orders, no spreading of unverified information."David sagged in the seat of his convertible.At those words his whole body went rigid.He shoved the door open and half fell, half crawled onto the pavement."Boss?" David pointed at me, his finger shaking beyond control."That huge position that kept selling. That was yours?"Sarah sat in the dirt of the planted strip with her hands over her face.She stared in disbelief at the oil-stained coveralls I was wearing."This isn't possible... you're just a mechanic, where would you get that kind of money..."You had nothing when we divorced!"After the divorce I put everything I had into the markets.What Sarah never knew was that the years she spent looking down on me were the years I rose the
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David looked down at the red number flashing on the screen and went white as paper.He picked up the phone with shaking hands and swiped to answer."I'll raise the money right now! Please don't touch my account!"The voice on the other end was cold, and loud enough for every retail buyer around us to hear."Mr. Ashford, your margin account has been frozen and the remaining positions have been liquidated under the agreement."The account currently carries a substantial negative balance. Under the margin agreement, you are personally liable for repayment."We have begun recovery against the assets you previously registered as collateral. For your other assets, our legal department will seek court orders to freeze them."Any attempt to hide or move collateral may expose you to far more serious legal consequences."Every word from the phone struck David like a hammer blow.The retail buyers who had been shouting fell quiet and stared coldly at the man who had seemed untouchable only minute
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David pulled out his phone and stabbed at the screen."I'm having the authorities dig into your background. You definitely took a customer's car just to put on a show!"Trash like you couldn't afford a single tire on this thing! When the officers get here, you'll be going straight to prison!"I put out a finger and tapped the electronic registration code in the lower right corner of the windshield."Look into it any time you like. While you're at it, ask them who the registered owner of this car actually is."The fingerprint lock and backend owner authentication can't be fooled just by stealing a key."A few people in the crowd who knew cars edged closer without thinking.Beside the electronic registration code, the factory certification mark was lit, and the owner's initials matched mine exactly.Only then did the municipal patrol officer take another look at the vehicle registration I had handed him.In the registry system, the owner field showed my name in plain text.The swagger on
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