Love Your Neighbour (But Not That One)

I couldn't believe my luck at getting this place. So close to the school. All those girls walking along the road. Twice a day. In those short skirts. That's how I got the last one.

They roll them up, you know. The girls, I mean. Their skirts. They want people looking. At their legs. Dirty little sluts. Right by my house.

I could probably do it again. Done it before. The coppers, they don't know half what I done.

If they did catch me, so what? I've been in prison before. I get protection. I got rights. Then all I gotta do is keep my head down, and I'm out again. Like last time. Two life sentences they gave me! Still got let out though, di'nt I?

So I been thinking about it. Just thinking. Not doing anything. Not that I don't wanna. Can't. There's always someone around. Bunch of old busybodies live round here.

Every time I turn around, there's another one. Looking right at me. I think. Or maybe it's my imagination. Sometimes there's two. I'll catch one looking before they look away again fast. Or they stare at me. Real rude, that is. I reckon they seen me in the paper. They know what I done. They know about that house fire, and how that bitch and her brat baby only just escaped.

I didn't actually want the bloke to die. If he's dead, he can't be scared of me can he? He can't know he lost. That he's a loser. He can't live all his life looking over his shoulder. For me.

But his missus and that kid? Them dying would've been good. He'd know not to cross me then. Bet he still watched out for my release date. Bet he still shat himself when he knew I was out. Pussy.

Maybe I'll go and knock on his door. Just to see the look on his face. About the most fun I can have until all these old farts lose interest. I'll be yesterday's news soon. Chip paper. They'll go back to bingo, or collecting stamps, or whatever boring shit fuddy-duddies do.

Is that... there's one outside right now! Watching me!

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Word count: 366

(NB. This excludes the title, subtitle, and author's note.)

Submitted on Friday 15th November at 18:15

Quick Author's Note

I always aim to write these so you can enjoy them as stand-alone stories. This one does follow on from another one. If you'd like to read that one, it's here:

A Year of Stories: I'm writing (and submitting, here) a story every day this year. This continues my 320 (!!!) daily micro-fiction story streak since 1st January.

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