Conned

According to his list, there were two in the building that had to go.

The old woman in apartment fifteen and the young man down at number three. They were both due to pop off during the same evening. The nice old lady on the third floor didn’t go as planned. The Reaper had always been a bit of a sucker when it came to cards. He made his way down. He found the man in bed. He was lying on his back with his hand resting on his heart. He was obviously trying to get to sleep. Seeing the shadowy figure approach, he switched his bedside light on. He was a bright young man and wasn’t at all fazed by the sudden appearance of the visitor.

“Oh! You’ve come for me, I suppose,” he said. “I can’t imagine why. I’m too young for you to be interested in the likes of me.”

“Sorry, but you’re on the list.”

“List?”

“Yes. Two tonight, in the same building; doesn’t often happen that way.” There was a pause. “Technically, one, I should say.”

“Technically?”

“Yes. Well, the first…”

“Let me guess.” He interrupted. “You’ve come from apartment fifteen, haven’t you?”

“As a matter of fact, yes, but…

Again, the young man jumped in. “… and you played a hand of Gin rummy, didn’t you?”

After a moment of awkward silence. “Yes, but…”

“You’ve been conned, mate!”

“Conned?”

“Yep. She cheats. I should know. I played with her a number of times before realising the cards were marked.”

“Marked?”

“Absolutely! Like I said, you’ve been conned.”

Before drifting of to sleep, the young man heard, “Sleep well.”

Moments later, out in the hallway, the figure ran a bony thumb along the blade, before floating back up to number fifteen.

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