THE BROTHEL

THE MADAM OPENED THE BROTHEL DOOR

IN MIAMI AND SAW A RATHER

DIGNIFIED, WELL-DRESSED,

GOOD-LOOKING MAN IN HIS

LATE FORTIES OR EARLY FIFTIES.

"MAY I HELP YOU SIR?" 

SHE ASKED.

THE MAN REPLIED, 

"I WANT TO SEE VALERIE."

"SIR, VALERIE IS ONE OF OUR

MOST EXPENSIVE LADIES.  

PERHAPS YOU WOULD PREFER

SOMEONE ELSE",

SAID THE MADAM.

HE REPLIED, 

"NO, I MUST SEE VALERIE."

JUST THEN, VALERIE APPEARED

AND ANNOUNCED TO THE MAN

SHE CHARGED $10,000 A VISIT.

WITHOUT HESITATION,

THE MAN PULLED OUT TEN THOUSAND

DOLLARS AND GAVE IT TO VALERIE

AND THEY WENT UPSTAIRS.

AFTER AN HOUR,

THE MAN CALMLY LEFT.

THE NEXT NIGHT,

THE MAN APPEARED AGAIN,

ONCE MORE DEMANDING TO SEE VALERIE.

VALERIE EXPLAINED THAT NO ONE

HAD EVER COME BACK TWO NIGHTS

IN A ROW AS SHE WAS TOO EXPENSIVE. 

"THERE ARE NO DISCOUNTS.

THE PRICE IS STILL $10,000."

AGAIN, THE MAN PULLED OUT THE MONEY,

GAVE IT TO VALERIE

AND THEY WENT UPSTAIRS.

AFTER AN HOUR, HE LEFT.

THE FOLLOWING NIGHT

THE MAN WAS THERE YET AGAIN.

EVERYONE WAS ASTOUNDED

THAT HE HAD COME FOR A THIRD

CONSECUTIVE NIGHT,

BUT HE PAID VALERIE AND

THEY WENT UPSTAIRS.

AFTER THEIR SESSION,

VALERIE SAID TO THE MAN, 

"NO ONE HAS EVER BEEN WITH ME

THREE NIGHTS IN A ROW. 

WHERE ARE YOU FROM?"

THE MAN REPLIED,

" ST. LOUIS  ."

"REALLY," SHE SAID. 

"I HAVE FAMILY IN ST. LOUIS

"I KNOW," 

THE MAN SAID. 

"YOUR SISTER DIED AND

I AM HER ATTORNEY. 

SHE ASKED ME TO GIVE YOU

YOUR $30,000 INHERITANCE."

THE MORAL OF THIS STORY IS

THAT THREE THINGS IN LIFE

ARE CERTAIN:

1.  DEATH;

2.  TAXES; AND

3.  BEING SCREWED BY A LAWYER.