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He watches as the waiter tidies the mugs then returns to the kitchen. His phone vibrates. A message. Rear RHS 410 6750. He walks to the table, picks up a mug from the back of the right-hand stack and scoops up a key. He pours some coffee, returns to his seat, and makes polite conversation with a person at the next table. He drinks the coffee then leaves the dining room.
Enters lift, punches button four. Along the corridor to room 410. Enters room, locates the safe, keys in 6750, opens the door and removes an envelope. Exits the room, leaves the hotel.
Mission accomplished.
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Friday Fictioneers is hosted by Rochelle. Thanks to Priorhouse for the photo.
ooh, I do like a bit of intrigue. Nicely told. 🙂
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Delighted to have intrigued you! Thanks so much.
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Dear Keith,
And we’re left wondering what’s in the envelope. Love the cloak and dagger feel to this piece. Nicely done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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I’d been anxiously awaiting my first comment in the hope the ‘cloak and dagger feel’ came across. Phew – I’m relieved! Thanks so much, Rochelle
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Quite the John le Carré, Keith, although somewhat more succinct!
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Economy version! Thanks so much
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So much happens so fast! Great planning!
Well described.
Latte Lesson – Anita
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Like clockwork! Thanks so much Anita.
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Mission possible! Well done.
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Indeed it was! Thank you.
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A smooth operation – spy films would be a lot shorter if all went to plan like this!
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…a bit boring though! Cheers Iain
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Skilfully executed.
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Thanks so much Sandra
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Now I’ve got the Mission Impossible music in my head!
Good stuff, Keith.
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So have I now – thanks a bunch! Cheers Dale.
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😂
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I like the way you use the stack of mugs in the photoprompt as the inspiration for this skilfully planned and coolly executed story!
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Thanks so much for your kind words Penny
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Perfectly done, every detail covered. Good one.
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Master of his craft! Thanks so much.
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I reckon that it is a good job that no one accidentally knocked over the stack of mugs. 🙂
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That could have been awkward! Thanks Michael.
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Keith – this felt like a great movie snippet (and maybe this could be what my guys are up to in my fiction for this photo)
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I’m open to offers from Hollywood! Be over to yours soon.
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haha – no hollywood here –
but fictioneer-wood
🙂
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Neat neat neat! He’s a bloke with a steely determination and the balls of an ox!
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That’s one way of putting it! Cheers.
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Secret codes, secret agent man, and not a shot fired. That’s when you know you’re good. 🙂
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Oh yes, he’s good!
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Oh, a spy mission! We have to know what comes next.
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I haven’t got a clue! Thanks Mimi
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Felt very mission impossible. Well done!
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Mission possible this time! Cheers Sascha.
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Well planned and executed heist. Nice!
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Text book! Thanks Abhijit
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No assassins in the corridor or femme fatales on the bed? Blah! The life of these secret agents is so boring 🙂
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I’m sure he has his moments – just not ths time!
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Hotels are often hotbeds of intrigue!
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They certainly are! Cheers.
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I expected a gunshot at any moment. Nice story Keith, keep up the great work.
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Happily not! Thanks Joe
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Very concise and well-executed.
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Very kind of you, thanks.
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You’re welcome
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A world of intrigue, couldn’t afford a stamp? A snippet from the world of James Bond – I expect.
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Haha! Postage is pretty expensive these days! Thanks James
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Very slick!
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I’d love to know what’s in that envelope! Very intriguing.
-Rachel
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Me too! Thanks for dropping by Rachel
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And no-one even noticed! Will his luck hold?
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I think he’s ok! Cheers Liz
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Very well executed, Keith. Went like clockwork. Or, did it go too well and a surprise lies just around the corner?
Best wishes,
Rowena
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I think it went perfectly! Cheers Rowena
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I think he has covered his tracks… and we will never know what was in the envelope, unless it’s the name of a victim and the first payment for a hit job.
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That’s pretty well what I had in mind! Thanks Björn
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one smooth operator. he must have done it before. 🙂
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All in a day’s work! Thanks Plaridel
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Do you think he takes his coffee with two sugars, shaken not stirred? Haha, I liked it, you captured the suave spy vibe perfectly.
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Yet another Spy v. Spy moment
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It looks that way! Cheers Larry
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I love the sudden pickup in pace in the second paragraph to build tension. But the question is, what’s in the envelope?!
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I’m pleased it had the desired effect! What indeed. Thanks Ellie
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And the spy’s mission unfolds. But looks like Bond has changed from drinking Martinis to coffee.
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That will come later, shaken not stirred!
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See, everyone needs a sip of coffee.
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I certainly do! Cheers
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I enjoyed the code! You formed it so nicely. A tidy little mystery.
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Thanks Alicia
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Full of intrigue.
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Thank you
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Precision spy work, not a wasted word or wasted moment. Nicely done.
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Thanks so much.
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Could have been inserted into any great spy novel. Your mission, should you choose to accept it…
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What a complicated process. But he got the job done.
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He certainly did! Thanks Alice.
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Very intriguing story, I want to know what’s in the envelope. Nicely done. =)
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Me too! Cheers Brenda
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Cool bananas! (I hope that waitress isn’t a double agent…) 😉
Here’s my entry, if interested: https://naamayehuda.com/2018/09/28/the-service/
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I hadn’t thought of that! Now I’m worried!
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I figure, a spy should always assume they aren’t the only spy doing the spying and may themselves be an object of being spied on … 🙂
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I could hear the theme music playing while reading.
I love spy stories!
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Me too! Thanks Dawn
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Ooh, the waiter is in it too! I am intrigued…what’s in the envelope?? Do write a sequel to it, would be lovely to read.
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I may just do that! Thanks Anshu
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Nice suspense. The aid of his accomplice made it easy.
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It went like clockwork! Cheers Russell
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Quite the mystery here Keith!
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Thanks Laurie
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Nice one, Keith. Leaves us wanting more. Wonder what’s in the envelope.
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Me too! Thanks so much.
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