Short Story Resolve
@arthurchappell (44941)
Preston, England
December 29, 2018 4:08pm CST
My entry for the Resolve short story challenge
Resolve.
I hereby resolve to come clean. Those TV murders I solved so easily were repeats. I re-solved them.
The night I planned to propose to Ana we were going to watch the Fedz. I knew the guy injured by the pipe-bomb was killing the others with them. Unfortunately, the unexpected death of the show’s star led to it being replaced with Inspector Kane, and an episode I hadn’t seen before. Ana still expected me to work my magic.
My efforts to solve cases on first viewings was abysmal. Panicking at my phoniness being exposed, I killed Ana. My expertize evaporated. She screamed, drawing attention to my flat. Blood splattered everywhere proving impossible to hide and I left fingerprints over everything.
I do repeats now. Confessing to arresting officers, revising statement twenty times, telling my lawyer, the judges, hearing my case relived in court, seeing my story in the tabloids….
Arthur Chappell
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
29 Dec 18
@Courage7 I'll be OK, no one ever reads the internet
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@responsiveme (22923)
• India
30 Dec 18
What if there is a cop my lotter?
And are we accessories after the fact?
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
30 Dec 18
@responsiveme we will hopefully all end up in the same cell block
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
31 Dec 18
@responsiveme sounds good to me
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@responsiveme (22923)
• India
31 Dec 18
Ha ha...Trading more Christie stories and mylotting
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@celticeagle (189792)
• Boise, Idaho
30 Dec 18
Thanks to the tabloids for making life more interesting.
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@celticeagle (189792)
• Boise, Idaho
1 Jan 19
@arthurchappell .....And that is a shame.
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
30 Dec 18
the tabloids can be fun but much of their nonsense gets taken for fact by their readers
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
30 Dec 18
It's a fair kop. I'll come quietly officer ... Thanks to @indexer for the challenge
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@LadyDuck (502189)
• Italy
30 Dec 18
@arthurchappell 
I liked your story, very good one
I liked your story, very good one2 people like this
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
29 Dec 18
yes and always so honest and objective too, er, not
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
30 Dec 18
@indexer Thanks, it was a fun idea to play around with
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
2 Jan 19
@jstory07 Sayin' nuffin till my lawyer gets here, lol
@RasmaSandra (97912)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
30 Dec 18
Before you know it Scotland Yard will be knocking at your door or perhaps a real Sherlock Holmes will show up.
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
30 Dec 18
I'll have to prove it was just a made up story
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@Poppylicious (11134)
• United Kingdom
30 Dec 18
I like your use of the word 'resolve'... very clever. :)
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
30 Dec 18
You need a Sherlock Holmes to solve it. Funny.
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