“I just bought myself a real beauty,” Jacob announced as he bounded into the room waving a piece of paper.
Morris looked at the picture and heaved a sigh. “Jacob, you know this is not what they are bidding for in that Storage Wars.”
Jacob glared at his father and crossed his arms in disgust. “Of course, I know it’s not exactly like that. However, dad, it is still a place where people store things.”
The father rubbed the bridge of his nose. “It’s a shed. You will probably find there is nothing more than a set of spades in there. You’d better not have spent all of your money on this complete waste of time.”
“Why do you always try and bring me down, dad?”
“Because you keep doing stupid things like this. Now, go and look in your shed and don’t come crying to me when it’s empty.”
Jacob left the house feeling quite down. Maybe his father was right; maybe he was just a complete failure. By the time that he had reached the shed he had convinced himself that it was going to be empty.
Imagine his delight when he found a classic car in there.
Written for Sunday photo fiction
Sigh of relief … at least it wasn’t (another) dead body!! Lovely story Angie. Nice dialogue.
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LOL, you can tell the standard of my TV viewing from my choice of subject… Should have gone with criminal minds! Thanks for reading.
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I love reading your stories!
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Thank you very much 🙂
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Storage Wars is the best! Great story.
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Weirdly addictive!
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There may have been a body in the trunk 😉
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I was afraid you’d say that!
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Oh good thing, I was thinking another dead body.a classic car is great!
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Everyone thought of a body 😱 so I’m glad I didn’t! LOL! Thanks for reading.
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Hurrah for Jacob … so happy he found a treasure!
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Yeah, his buy paid off! Thanks for reading.
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🙂 my pleasure!
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Great result. Maybe his father will have a bit more faith in him.
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I bet he no longer thinks it was a waste of money! Thanks for reading and hosting.
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Lucky him! Great story.
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I’m glad he found something special in there and not just spades! 🙂 Great story, Angie.
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Thanks for reading, glad you enjoyed it!
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