Hobson’s Choice

It isn’t until I go upstairs that I realize somebody is home. Just my fucking luck. They told the neighbors they were going on vacation. Boarded the dogs, stopped the paper. But here I am in the bedroom and somebody is in the shower. A woman, from the smell of the soap.

I search the dresser. Two Rolexes in one of those self-winder cases. A diamond engagement ring on the nightstand. I’d like to find some cash, but there isn’t time.

Then the water is turned off and out she comes, wrapped in a towel. She looks right at me.

 

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8 thoughts on “Hobson’s Choice

  1. This is a man who needs cash quick. A drug addict perhaps. He feels he has no choice other than to steal whatever he can as quickly as he can. And he’s caught. I guess if she keeps her head she’ll escape unscathed.

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