ALL'S FAIR w/ Direct link technology (A Romantic Story)

"My old man was a college graduate, so was my mother," Mac said. "I was fifteen in 1929, a junior in high school. First my old man's savings went, in Wall Street; he'd never been on margin, but his boss advised him on the market and he took a chance. That market didn't have a bottom. Then the boss laid him off. Mother went out as a governess to some rich kids. She had to eat with the servants, and her boss made passes at her. She was only thirty-six... Finally, I ran away. I figured without me to worry about they'd do better."