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get a haircut and relieve himself of the decisive steps brewing in his mind.
“Hi, George,” Matthew greeted his barber. “What’s the lat- est?”
“Not a whole lot, partner. Just wish I could get stock in that new wonder drug.”
“Wonder drug? What wonder drug?”
“Blue Heaven, man.” Where the hell have you been? They have estimated that in the short time its been on the street, that it’s in every state and a multi-billion dollar business already. Listen to the radio. Hear that someone is talking about that drug almost every hour. Somebody is doing a bang up business. And if I weren’t so dumb, I’d have a piece of it too believe me!”
“Nah, George, you don’t want any part of that stuff. It’s dan- gerous. Besides, what does being dumb have to do with it?”
“I would probably do something stupid and get caught.”
“George, why would you even consider doing something like that?”
“Well, the money people are making with it is very inviting. In fact, it’s probably worth the risk. Hell, I would have enough to buy my way out of barbering and start over on my own island.”
Matthew looked around at the other barbers and patrons noticing the gestures on their faces that said, “Hmm. It’s prob- ably worth it.”
“But George, you would be illegal.”
He sat down in the barber’s chair.
“Yeah. But the money would make me get over it real quick!” Laughter broke out in the shop.
“But what about your wife and kid?”
“I could probably shield them from anything on my island
George claimed”.
The whole barbershop broke up in raucous laughter. “Don’t you think that’s something like selling your soul to
the devil?” Matthew shouted.
Yeah, it probably is. But many times in my life I have wondered