DOUBLE DRABBLE CHALLENGE

Chateau de Chassilier

RWDouble Drabble 2.0.123 | random, to include “check, please!”

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Double drabbles are micro fiction stories precisely 200 words long. This one had to include the word “random” and the phrase “check please!”

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“Check, please!” our protagonist declared to a random waiter. The Maître de watched as the hundreds piled up to cover the account, with another for a tip. “My compliments to your chef and all your crew, especially the Sommelier, for that bottle of Chateau de Chassilier, so hard to find these days.”

Back in his room, he prepared for his night’s work, carefully checking his automatic and screwing the suppressor on the barrel. A quick shower before lying in the dark, running over his plan.

He sneaked into his target’s hotel through the service area and made his way up to the Penthouse floor, entering the lobby of the VIP suite with his cloned key. Holding his gun high, he quietly crept inside the foyer, only to freeze as blinding light filled a room accompanied by police officers all shouting “Freeze!”

Chief McDrabble explained to him the next day that super computers had discovered an order being placed for Beef…