Harold went to his non-descript desk job everyday for 20 years. His routine never varied.
The police showed up on a sunny April day and took Harold away in cuffs. His neighbors decried the arrest. They went to court to testify on his behalf.
They were shocked when they discovered the stranger living in the house – in the body of Harold – was the one who had been drugging and killing women for years. “Prostitutes†he would say with scorn. “Humans†the system repeated back to him.
Harold entered his cell, looking neither right nor left, for the next 20 years.
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Lance and LeeRoy challenged us with Stranger from Billy Joel. I wonder if any of us truly knows the strangers around us . . . or the stranger within us?
These are my 100 words . . . where are yours?
That third paragraph contains that wide wonder we hear every time a sadistic crime has been solved. I saw Ted Bundy, Jeffery Dahmer, John Gacy as I read this.
Some of the most heinous murderers were seen as just the ‘guy next door.’ Very scary.
Excellent reveal suurounding by the right word choices. Your interpretation was creepy and noirish.
Wonderfully done! Delightfully deceitful!
a very good take on such a sickening character.
I love it. The ending is superb!
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Have you a FANTABULOUS WEEK!!!
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shakira