Every day, he walks the same route.
He leaves his home precisely at 6.30 am.
By 6.45 am, he reaches the kiosk to buy cigarettes.
He takes the deserted by-lane as a shortcut to the park at 6.55 am.
That’s where we’ll jump him and throw him in the waiting car. It won’t be easy!
My theme for this year’s Blogging from A to Z April Challenge is Crime Stories in 55 Words.
Today’s story, K is for Kidnapping…
You can check out my A-Z posts thus far by clicking on a highlighted letter!
26 Responses
Another great story!!!
Very true. When I worked in a particular foreign country, the standard procedure was to take a different route to and from office.
Oh no! That’s a plan set to kidnap. Scary.
Neat plot!
Tracking movements! That’s why they say you shouldn’t be too predictable with you’re mocements; you never know who may be tracking them!
Wohhhh that took a sudden turn… Great one..
Hehe.. liked how the style of narration doesn’t allow you to guess till the last line – I figured it was a voiceover styled narrative rather than a kidnapping plan.
Interesting way of telling this story- left me wondering till the end what is it all about !
Theme: Peregrination Chronicles (travel)
K is for Kathakali in Kerala #atozchallenge
Oops, that’s going to be a shock for him! You really twist the plot so beautifully in the end.
My uncle once faced the kidnappers! They mistook him as the person and he was held hostage! That was quite an incident in our family!
I could not guess where your post was leading, till I saw K for kidnapping 🙂 a few months ago a child was killed by the uncle for property issues.. so very sad.. you have mastered the art of story telling shilpa:) great !! keep it up
Changing your routine regularly is not a silly idea. A well crafted knotty affair 🙂
This is why they constantly tell you to change your route frequently. Most of us (myself included) don’t. So scary.
I love the twists at the end of your short fiction stories Shilpa 🙂
That’s neat! Brilliant story 🙂
That’s the last time I take that route! Another great little yarn Shilpa.
K day in Amble Bay!
That was chilling! I never saw that coming and was just admiring the languid, mundane routine you sketched out.
such a criminal mind, all so simple…
have a lovely day.
Oh dear! I hope he takes a different schedule today!
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Maybe we shouldn’t take the same route everyday then. Right?
DO comment on my J post also na :P… was late in posting yesterday!
Like they say, a routine always has many watchers.
A routine could be dangerous, eh? Loved the narration and the story. 🙂
Changing routine is always necessary. I am taking an ayurvedic treatment, it is meant for a month, after a week the doctor said , we break, we cant follow a routine so that it gets used to it. Nothing has to get into a routine.
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Routine is dangerous! Awesome twist, Shilpa! 🙂
You took me by surprise in the end! Clever twist!