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Irina (Wee challenge 28)
Danny stared at the clock. She should have arrived. Bloody airlines. He turned to his laptop. There couldn’t be too many flights due in at two o’clock from Ukraine. A few moments investigation revealed that there were none at all.
As he tried to process the logical inconsistency, the doorbell rang. It was her! But instead he found two stern-faced men on the step.
“Daniel Radnor? I’m DS Williams; my colleague is DC Lindeman. We’re here about Irina Arkalayev.” They flashed IDs at him.
“Where is she? What’s happened?”
“What relationship is Ms Arkalayev to you?”
“My fiancée!”
“And have you in fact ever met the lady?”
“Well...not in the flesh. We’ve emailed, and talked on the phone. And she’s definitely the girl for me.”
“Ms Arkalayev was arrested this morning, in Harrods, using a credit card in your name. She was found to be carrying seventeen similar cards. We’ve checked; I’m afraid she’s totally cleared you out.”
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| A reminder that we what usually seems too good to be true usually isn't. I've read about this kind of scam playing on lonely men and even younger women. |
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Comment by: karjon Online- 2008-03-22 14:55
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Aw, poor Danny - not quite what he ordered, eh?
'She's definitely the girl for me' - he's so deluded.
Thanks for the read and for taking the challenge.
Cheers
Karen |
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Comment by: Thula7 - 2008-03-11 06:52
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Oh, this made me laugh. It's sad, but so with the times you have to laugh. You make it easy to identify with Danny even though this is such a short piece, I too have fallen for the guy on the other end of the wire, only to meet him and think, "Oh, that's him?"
Great flash, thanks for the read. |
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| I like the story becausae in an instant the reader imagines all the other things that might have happened leading up to the revelation. |
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| Good story, and good advice not to take strangers on computer screens for what they say as factual. We never know. Thanks for sharing. Janet |
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