Sunday 15 September 2024

Sunday Serial:280 x 70, 34 Dangerous Currency, by Gill James, espresso

 Introduction

This collection is a collection of seventy stories, each 280 words. They were inspired by the first picture seen on my Twitter feed on a given day.

34. Dangerous currency 3 May 2019

Everyone knew that they weren't real. You only exchanged them in cyber space. If you could. They did look smart, though and huge. Bigger than the old half-crown.  And with such intricate etching.

"Well, what do you think? Will you buy some?"

"How do I know you're really from the bank?"

"Tell you what. Look up the bank's phone number and phone it. Ask for Ray Drummer."

"All right I'll do that."

David felt uneasy.  Wasn't there something about them keeping the line open? That you thought you were making a new call but in fact you were still hooked up to the fraudulent caller?.

The bank's number was already in his mobile. So he would use that rather than the land-line. He speed dialled it.

“You're quite right," said the woman at the bank. "We have no one called Ray Drummer working here."

"Can you do anything about it?"

“Not usually. But we just might be able to do something today. Go back to your land-line. Keep Ray Drummer on the phone and keep this line open as well." 

It was so easy. He spoke to someone else first and then he was put through to Ray Drummer again.

"So how many would you like? And how will you pay?"

"Can't you just take the money out of my bank account?"

"You'd have to let us have the pin number form the card."

Like heck he would.

"You're doing fine," said the woman from the bank. "Try to keep him on a little longer."

"Well, I'll have to go and look them up."

"What the fuck?"

David smiled to himself as he heard the police sirens in the background.    

About the author

Gill James is published by The Red Telephone, Butterfly and Chapeltown.  

She edits CafeLit and writes for the online community news magazine: Talking About My Generation.

She teaches Creative Writing and has an MA in Writing for Children and PhD in Creative and Critical Writing.    

http://www.gilljameswriter.com  

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