Wise Investments
Summary: Simon talks about the Tam family's first black sheep. Sequel to "Pegasus Dreams". Part six of my "Additional Revelations" series.
Disclaimer: All characters from "Firefly" belong to Joss Whedon and Mutant Enemy Productions. "The $treet" belongs to Artists Television Group (ATG), Columbia TriStar Television and Darren Star Productions.
"So what about you, Simon?" asked Kaylee, pointedly ignoring Wash's comment. "You come from an old and wealthy family, surely one of your ancestors had an interesting life."
Simon thought for a moment. "Not really," he replied, "our family has been well off all the way back to The-Earth-That-Was. Unless you count Chris McConnell: he was a Naval hero, a stockbroker and a bit of a rogue. He founded the Tam family fortune."
"Was he good, or just lucky?" Mal asked, interested.
"Neither," Simon chuckled, "he earned his money the old fashioned way; he married it."
Sean Maher also played Chris McConnell, a former Navy SEAL turned unsuccessful stockbroker, in the short lived series "The $treet."