One Stupid Mistake

By John Isaac Jones

This yarn recounts a day in the life of one Robert James Worthington, a young man who "had the world on a string."

 

"Don't let your ego get out of hand!"

"A story that ended as I predicted! Use good judgement and don't let pride and ego dictate and overrule good sense! 5 stars." - Amazon reviewer

• Language: English
• Publisher: John Isaac Jones
• Release date: Feb 27, 2021
• ISBN: 9781393917922

John Isaac Jones

John Isaac Jones is a retired journalist currently living at Merritt Island, Florida. For more than thirty years, "John I.," as he prefers to be called, was a reporter for media outlets throughout the world. These included local newspapers in his native Alabama, The National Enquirer, News of the World in London, the Sydney Morning Herald, and NBC television. He is the author of five novels, a short story collection and two novellas.

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One Stupid Mistake

John Isaac Jones

Published by John Isaac Jones, 2021.

This is a work of fiction. Similarities to real people, places, or events are entirely coincidental.

ONE STUPID MISTAKE

First edition. February 27, 2021.

Copyright © 2021 John Isaac Jones.

ISBN: 978-1393917922

Written by John Isaac Jones.

ONE STUPID MISTAKE

by

John Isaac Jones

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8:06 a.m., Nov. 4, 1973: Eighteen-year-old Robert James Worthington—high school football star, honor student, and senior class president—turned over in bed and opened his eyes. For a moment, he stared straight up at the white tongue-and-groove ceiling of his bedroom and tried to wake up. The big game, he thought. The big game with Lanier is tonight. Got to get up and get started.

With that, he threw his feet over the side of the bed and sat up. As the fog of sleep slowly faded away, he reached for a small gray vial marked High Energy Protein Supplements on the bedside table. The team doctor had said they were good for building strong muscle fiber. Popping the cap, he shook four of the tablets into his hand, replaced the cap, and then swallowed them down with one big, dry gulp. Moments later, he was in the bathroom shaving.

8:36 a.m.: Shaved, showered, and dressed for breakfast, Robert James Worthington—tall, handsome, muscular, a fine specimen of a young