{"id":291,"date":"2026-01-31T10:04:54","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T10:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readupdatemystory.com\/?p=291"},"modified":"2026-01-31T10:04:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T10:04:54","slug":"instant-karma-%f0%9f%9a%97%f0%9f%92%80-max-thought-he-could-pull-a-fast-one-but-he-forgot-the-most-important-detail-what-do-you-think-happened-to-him-let-me-know-your-theories-in-the-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/readupdatemystory.com\/?p=291","title":{"rendered":"Instant karma! \ud83d\ude97\ud83d\udc80 Max thought he could pull a fast one, but he forgot the most important detail. What do you think happened to him? Let me know your theories in the comments! \ud83d\udc47"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-292 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/readupdatemystory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/23.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"572\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1\">Thirty minutes later, he called, shouting, <b data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"43\">\u201cWAS THIS YOU?! HOW DID YOU MAKE THE CAR BLAST \u2018CELEBRATION\u2019 THE SECOND I OPENED THE DOOR?!\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">I couldn&#8217;t help it; a smile crept onto my face as I put him on speaker. \u201cMax,\u201d I said calmly, \u201cWhere exactly are you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">\u201cI\u2019m at the church! Where you <i data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"30\">said<\/i> the wedding was! But the doors were closed, and when I ran in with the gift, the car started blaring music, and now everyone is looking at me like I\u2019m a monster!\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">\u201cThat\u2019s the detail you missed,\u201d I replied, checking my lipstick in the hallway mirror while my Uber pulled into the driveway. \u201cSince you were so adamant about not going, you stopped listening to me three days ago. You also ignored the group email update.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">\u201cWhat update?!\u201d he screamed.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">\u201cThe church had a burst pipe on Thursday. The wedding was moved to the hotel downtown,\u201d I explained. \u201cThe church isn&#8217;t empty, though. I believe today they are hosting the funeral for the Mayor\u2019s mother. It\u2019s a very solemn, quiet event. Or at least&#8230; it <i data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"254\">was<\/i>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7\">There was a moment of horrified silence on the other end, followed by the faint sound of angry mourners approaching him in the background.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"8\">\u201cOh no,\u201d he whispered.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"9\">\u201cOh, and Max?\u201d I added cheerfully. \u201cSince you stole the car I need for work tomorrow, you can explain to the grieving family why you interrupted their eulogy. I\u2019m going to the wedding. Don&#8217;t wait up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"10\">I hung up, grabbed my purse, and walked out the door, leaving him to deal with the karma he had driven straight into.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thirty minutes later, he called, shouting, \u201cWAS THIS YOU?! HOW DID YOU MAKE THE CAR BLAST \u2018CELEBRATION\u2019 THE SECOND I OPENED THE DOOR?!\u201d I couldn&#8217;t help it; a smile crept &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/readupdatemystory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/readupdatemystory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/readupdatemystory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readupdatemystory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readupdatemystory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/readupdatemystory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":293,"href":"https:\/\/readupdatemystory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291\/revisions\/293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/readupdatemystory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readupdatemystory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readupdatemystory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}