Movin’ on Up

It’s time for Friday Fictioneers again, hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. This week’s visual prompt (above) was provided by Ted Strutz.

“Hey, Mom!” Larry elbowed his mom.” “Look —”

“Don’t ever do that while I’m driving, Larry! You wanna cause an accident?”

“Sorry, but look! He pointed at the truck with an oversize load sign, making a left-hand turn. “Isn’t that our house?”

“Oh, so it is.”

“Aren’t you gonna do something?” Aiden was clearly panicked. “That guy’s stealin’ our house!

“That’s your father, dear,” Mom explained.

“Dad’s stealing our house? Did you guys break up again?”

“Oh, for cripe sakes! It’s moving day!”

“Already? We just moved three months ago…”

“Gotta keep ahead of the repo man. You know the drill.”

21 responses to “Movin’ on Up”

  1. Love the nonchalance of the mother.

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  2. Makes me laugh. On the run from the repo man, no time to pack so just take the whole house to keep him from getting it.
    I like the secrecy, don’t even tell the kids in case someone blabs to the report-man.

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    1. Thank you, James!

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  3. Snails do it. Why not us?

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    1. Hah! LOL. Never thought about that. :-)

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  4. Dear Susan,

    That’s quite a lifestyle they have going on. Well done.

    Shalom,

    Rochelle

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    1. Thank you, Rochelle. :-)

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  5. Gave me a laugh – some length to go to to avoid the repo man! :-)

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    1. Glad to hear, Iain! Thank you for reading.

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  6. Oh no. That is going to be an incredibly stressful childhood. Fun story though. :-)

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    1. Yeah. No doubt Larry will so some therapy. :-)

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  7. I can just imagine the repo guy standing before an empty space scratching his head! Nice one.

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    1. Thanks, Keith. So glad you enjoyed!

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  8. What an effort to escape. Fun story.

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  9. The poor kids. The mom is very nonchalant.

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    1. Yes, Mom has some issues. I can only imagine what dad is like. Lol!

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  10. Oh wow that was a surprise ending. Fun story and it sounds like they’ve got the routine down pat.

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    1. Thanks, Jadeli!

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      1. You’re very welcome, Susan :)

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  11. Poor kid. I’m thinking he’ll have learned lots of “survival skills” before he’s all grown up!

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  12. A road trip and escaping the repo man — nice combo!

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