Cherry-Flavoured Betrayal
A Micro Heist Microfiction Challenge Entry
Candy chewed on the sweet cherry-flavoured gum between her perfectly and pristinely white teeth, as she toyed with her copper-red locks. The leather pants that clung to her slender legs and white blouse two sizes too small was part of the plan. No-one considers the seemingly dim-witted, but sweet girlfriend of your boss would be anything other than a pretty piece for his arm that inflated his ego.
Even if anyone suspected a thing, which they didn't, who really would have the gall to say anything? Shaun was an intimidating man. Not ridiculously ripped, but at 6'5" it didn't matter. His reputation preceded him. It had done all his life.
As his crack team of thieves drilled into the vault, Candy played her part and, the security guard like a charm. As she kept watch of the time, she knew it would soon be over. This life of her's.
Her phone vibrated. Shaun’s signal that they had left the vault, got the diamonds and were heading to the meeting point. She was sure Shaun stopped taking her for granted as she slapped the cuffs on him and threw him into the back of the police van that had turned up.
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Comments (9)
Whew, get it, Candy! 💕
LOL this didn’t go where I thought it would. That’s a great use of a beautiful woman and a pair of handcuffs in fiction, much better than all the S&M crap out there. And I’m no fan of thieves, so I loved the ending.
I have no idea how I missed this! (OK, I have an idea or two, but I'm glad I got a chance to read it.) Great twist!
Love the twist! Great story in so few words!
Oh wow, I didn't see that coming! Also, I really like Candy. Well by now you should already know that I have a thing for whatever's red! Loved your story!
Ah, Shaun was in bed with an undercover angel. So apt, she should be the one to uncover him.
This is great, and I want to know more. Write the whole story for us!
Brilliant. You had me at this * A M A Z I N G * title, and your piece fully delivered on that promise! Bravo 👏
Oh I love the twist at the end 🤣. That's a really nice story. It was filled out nicely with the plot, some character description and a nice twist for a microfiction. Really nice man! Just two quick points. In the first paragraph you had "inflaed" instead of "inflated", and in the second paragraph (probably an autocorrect thing) you had "proceeded" but I think you wanted to write "preceded". If I'm overstepping please do let me know. For myself I usually do want someone to tell me if I missed anything (I am terrible with proofreading my own writing honestly)