Once the envoy hid the yen under the oven she knew she’d have to con the coven. Butt resting on the oven handle, her eyes roved the kitchen for a replacement and a distraction. In front of her the fridge-freezer offered an obvious redirect. Voices from the porch forced her hand to the freezer handle. Pulling out the ice cream, she called “I’m having a cone!”
Envy, even the little envy of a stolen treat, makes an excellent distraction.
Head down, licking ice cream, she looked coy. The coven were not fooled. The envoy had been selected to convey the money because of her skills, including acting coy. They were however, distracted. Hot from hiking back from the cove, carrying a covey of hunted quail, ice cream focused their attention.
Slinging her bag over her shoulder she slid out the door before the ice cream in the bag started to drip. The coven weighed her bag with their eyes, watched her leave with the yen she’d been hired to carry.
Later, when she was safely beyond their reach, she’d call, decline the job and tell them where she’d stashed their yen.
In the meantime, she had plenty ice cream to combat the heat.
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Coven. The Advent. Svart Records, 2018
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