I, Suspect | A 100 Word Story

#929 | 4 The Emperor | Bard's Arcana

“We got ‘im, sir.” No sooner did I return to my desk was I confronted by a Cheshire cat like grin on my partner’s face, holding a handcuffed gentleman by his forearm. I could tell by looking at him that this wasn’t our guy. But it’s my job to encourage the youth, so, I humored him…a little…

“And how’d you come to this conclusion?” I asked.

“He was overheard bragging about it to his mates at a nearby pub. It helps to keep an ear to the ground.”

He winked at me. Looking for approval that would never come.

Henry VIII - Act 5, Scene 3

KING HENRY VIII 
Did my commission
Bid ye so far forget yourselves? I gave ye
Power as he was a counsellor to try him,
Not as a groom: 

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