Saturday, 9 February 2019


The Laptop

He laughed as loudly as he could.
He could not believe that everything had happened faultlessly.
He had spent hundreds of hours brooding over it; reading every kind of material he could find on internet; worrying that somehow he was bound to make a silly mistake and get caught.
But in the end it was nothing but a child’s play.
He looked at the burning dead body and laughed. 
His phone rang.
‘Hello, has it been done?’
‘What do you mean?’
‘You didn’t switch off the laptop. I could see and record everything.’
His hands trembled, his nightmare had come true.
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A post for Friday Fictioneers
Word count 101

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11 comments:

  1. Anshu Bhojnagarwala9 February 2019 at 14:07

    Oh, no one can plan a perfect murder, it seems. You always leave a trace, in this case, digital one! Good story!

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  2. Sandra Crook9 February 2019 at 15:42

    I think the caller is bluffing. Otherwise he wouldn't need to ask whether it had been done. Either way, things are not going smoothly.

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    1. i b arora9 February 2019 at 19:39

      i read somewhere that hackers can switch on your laptop camera and see everything happening in your room. thanks for stopping by.

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  3. i b arora9 February 2019 at 19:38

    thanks

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  4. Iain Kelly10 February 2019 at 02:00

    Basic error - so busted!

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  5. brudberg11 February 2019 at 02:02

    I think someone will haunt him...

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  6. Linda12 February 2019 at 03:21

    Caught! Red-handed :)

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    1. i b arora12 February 2019 at 08:47

      but by the wrong people, thanks for stopping by

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  7. Dale12 February 2019 at 20:49

    I'm with Sandra. And even if he's not, this killer is not gonna rest easy

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