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Heavy silence fell when an elderly man with a cane came
in to buy a coffee. The customers in
Rick’s Coffee remembered him well. Oh
yes, they remembered him.
He called himself “Fred”, but no one ever knew his true
identity. An air of inaccessibility surrounded him, which was just the way Fred
liked it. All that anyone knew was that
Fred was superb at tracking. Animals or people, Fred was on their trail
while foot prints were still wet.
Some said Fred could find a mosquito hiding in a free
standing rotting tree, during a raging sand storm.
When “Fred” left, walking slowly with his cane, all exhaled.
They had not wanted a repeat
of the last time he came for coffee.
No. They did not
want that.
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Sounds like he found someone that didn't want to be found last time.
ReplyDeleteWith Fred, who knows?
DeleteWell spun tale.
ReplyDeleteIt was fun.
DeleteOooh. Is it wrong of me? I did want a repeat of last time...
ReplyDeleteIt must have been so horrific that none could talk about it, nor could I.
DeleteUh oh. What happened last time?
ReplyDeleteBad things. Really bad things.
DeleteI wonder what happened.
ReplyDeleteNo one is talking.
DeleteThat was a fun read. Was Fred a PI in his younger days?
ReplyDeleteI don't know. He will not speak of his past.
DeleteOh how I wish I knew what had happened last time and why it happened. This is excellent, you're writing cliff-hangers!
ReplyDeleteI like readers to complete the story, create that ending. Torture, I know.
DeleteA cane can be a lethal weapon.
ReplyDeleteIn anime (Japanese artistic cartoons), heroes do amazing things with a cane.
DeleteThat will give me something to ponder over all day.
ReplyDeleteFred must have done some really bad things.
DeleteThat Fred must be some guy.
ReplyDeleteArlee Bird
Wrote By Rote
Just because Fred is elderly, he is still someone to contend with and to fear.
DeleteHm, now I want to know what Fred did.
ReplyDeleteIt must have been the epic of horror.
DeleteWhat? What? What? What happened last time old Fred shuffled in????
ReplyDeleteGreat little tale. :)
Now that is another story, another time.
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