47.

natching up a chair leg, you get into your Grog the Half-Ogre position you’ve been practicing for your LARPing. The doors at the top open. The well-groomed man stands at the top of the stairs. As he takes the first step down the stairs, he slips on a wooden block and tumbles down the stairs, snapping his neck when he hits the floor.

“Wow!” You can’t believe your good luck.

Chris appears at the top of the stairs. “Hey, I got your tweezers.”

After some successful tweezing, you leave the house, feeling pretty satisfied with the way things turned out. Of course, Hinton Pagliacci is still at large somewhere, and you really should call the police so they can take care of the dead body. But that’s for another story. “Hey Chris?”

“Yes,” your friend responds.

“How do you feel about some French food?”

-FIN-

Congratulations! You win!