Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Intruder

 

He’d been watching the house for a few days, learning the routine of the family who lived there.

Things would go much more smoothly if no one was home when it happened.

Now, he had a plan, and the next morning, he waited while the family got up, ate breakfast, and headed off to school and work.

They didn’t lock the back door when they left- fools.

Within five minutes he was in the house, and ten minutes later, he was gone.

Happily sipping the luxuriously hot coffee in the park, he wondered if they’d ever notice the missing mug.

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