Jimmie's Millions

Jimmie Wicherley is a man perpetually out of sync with the world, a protagonist whose chronic tardiness serves as the central engine for a high-stakes inheritance drama. When his uncle leaves behind a fortune with a singular, agonizing condition—Jimmie must report to a lawyer with robotic punctuality once a month for a quarter of a year—the stage is set for a battle against his own nature. However, the conflict isn't merely internal. His rival, Saunders, weaponizes Jimmie's reputation for lateness by orchestrating a brutal frame-up involving a staged murder. After a physical altercation with a truck driver named Johnson leaves the latter unconscious, Saunders bribes the victim to vanish, leading to Jimmie’s arrest. What follows is a frantic escape from the law and a desperate race to produce a 'dead' man before the clock runs out on his inheritance. The story concludes not just with a financial windfall, but with a legal absolution that challenges the very rules Jimmie was forced to follow.