Submitted for Friday Fictioneers. My story follows the picture prompt. Other stories can be found by clicking on the blue frog at the end of this post.
I knew things were going to be bad when I saw the empty bench. I had told her, under no circumstances, was she to leave that bench until I returned.
We were innocently walking along the riverfront when it happened. He came out from behind one of the empty fair booths with lightening speed, grabbed her purse, and was quickly lost in the crowd.
I followed but he was at least twenty years younger and a hell of a lot faster.
Looking at that empty bench I looked in the sky for an answer to which way she might have gone.
Oh Danny Boy! 
This plot is getting more tangled. Sounds like a good mystory. Well done. 🙂 — Suzanne
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No purse, no woman… the poor narrator has stressful times ahead of him. I just hope she didn’t go after the thief and now is in danger.
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So many possibilities…thanks for commenting!
DJ
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Oh .. I think there are so many possibilities here. Basically anything can happen.
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This is interesting. If she didn’t go after the criminal and she wasn’t there crying or fuming, where did she go and why?
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The plot thickens.
DJ
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I hope she’s okay. I agree with Francesca – there could be something bigger happening here that would take a whole novel for him to sort out.
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Just the beginning.
DJ
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Reminds me of when my ex husband got pick-pocketed in Rome. Quick and clever. Never saw them coming or going. Great story that hit close to home…
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That’s sad. You always think you are aware of your surroundings and then WHAM, it happens.
DJ
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Yup. Although I wasn’t pick pocketed. He got distracted by a lovely Italian woman with large breasts. Men! 😉
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Guilty 38 times.
DJ
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Oh dear, she found some circumstances! Let’s hope it turns out okay.
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I don’t see anything good in her future.
DJ
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Sounds like the beginning of a crime drama. A well written story, and I like how he looks to the sky for answers, because, I have seen that before so it makes this realistic.
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My wife has that look when I say something stupid. 🙂
DJ
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She went thattaway? 🙂
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