Head in hands, heart in mouth, and the sensation of bile rising in stomach and brain, Tom sat in the back of the police car, watching his colleagues leave in the ambulance. He should have been with them.His unceremonious and very public eviction from the village hall (upon discovery) had resulted in an unanticipated half-day off work, and not the good kind! The boss was spitting kittens at his now-confirmed involvement, even sideways, tangentially, and by accident, and his pay was bound to be docked, even though the policeman had been apologetic about requiring his time.
Had been apologetic.
Now the officer looked at him sternly in the rear-view mirror of the car and revealed the reason for his detention “Sir, I need you to explain your connection with this place, those people, and that murder…take your time, and do, please, be exact”
Linking once more with the lovely Ivy for Six Sentence Stories, where the prompt this week is ‘Exact’.
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More, more! You have such a wonderful way with words!
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Heheh thank you so much β€
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I cannot imagine the terror of being suspected of something you know you didn’t do, because we know that wrongly convicted people go to jail. I sense a nightmare scenario ahead!
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Maybe…but was he even THERE when it happened…
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Now that I’ve scrolled through the comments, mine is repetitive…but I adore the phrase “spitting kittens!” I need to backtrack now, though – I missed the first parts of this story.
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I keep meaning to link them all and forgetting! But it’s an awesome turn of phrase.
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I’v never heard the expression “spitting kitchens” , but now I can add it to my list of unheard of expressions! I think Tom will be having a very long night! Enjoyed this story. π
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Kittens….heheh spitting kitchens could get dangerous! But yes, a wonderfully expressive term and one of my personal faves. Poor Tom. He is in such a scrape…
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nice ‘drag the reader into the scene’!! the atmosphere and, …and flying kittens.
nice Six, Laura
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Hehehe thank you very much indeed, Rob. Glad you got dragged, and entertained π
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Now he’s in for it, and if he didn’t do it, i feel for him, as he will probably be accused and tried anyway. “Spitting kittens” is a great descriptor.
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Ahhhh it wasn’t him – he came to help with cleanup, remember? He wasn’t even there!
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I haven’t spit kittens in years!!! Its right up there with another favorite! You know the one!!!
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(I know!! I know!!)
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Of COURSE you know… *sigh*
*wavering*
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I wanna say “schnookered”, but now I’m second-guessing myself
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Is there another word???
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I sincerely hope not, as I love that one SO MUCH, Mrs Clooney…
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I’m going to add spitting kittens to my vocab, as in “I almost spit a kitten”. It’s nicer than some other similar expressions. Sort of. Love the story. Hope Tom doesn’t get in too much trouble at his job. I know how important, from watching cop shows, it is to be exact. Lots of twisted truth, but then maybe that’s what makes the shows exciting.
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I don’t think Tom’s dishonest, but I’m not sure he knows what’s going on, really, poor chap! He’s been very much parachuted into the middle of this mess, and now I have to try to get him out!
Spitting kittens is GREAT for anger or frustration…it’s really ‘what it says on the tin’.
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Out-fristed!
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Aw dangit! Good try though. What did you get – THRID?
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Something like that. I think it’s the universe telling me I should have been sleeping, not reading blogs. π
And “spitting kittens” is a very good phrase, especially around here because we have all the cats.
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LOL! Perhaps. Heheheh.
Spitting kittens is quite one of the most marvellous quirks of English turns of phrase. I do like it.
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I echo ‘spitting kittens.’ Love it!
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You just don’t hear it enough! I wonder if it’s a particularly English phrase or if it’s used elsewhere. Strikes me I’ve probably never seen it used in the Blogosphere so I can’t discern!
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It’s very English.
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*grins* GOOD! π Then may it proliferate ALL OVER THE PLACE π
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“spitting kittens” I love that – Poor Tom’s ordeal just keeps getting more complicated. Will we ever learn what happened? Will Tom go to jail, have to leave town, be forced to solve the mystery himself? Tune in next week fans, or the next if the prompt doesn’t work out. HeHeHeHeHe
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Heheh I’m glad you like it. “Spitting kittens” is such a succinct way of putting it, yet with such intense imagery. One I don’t get to use often enough.
Still LOVING how this is developing. I hope I get to find out the answers right alongside you!
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