The Man in Shades of Beige

By Bonnie Elizabeth

Daria slips into homes to teach men a lesson when they beat their wives.  She steals or destroys their most prized possessions because she wants to cause pain, not just end their lives. 

 

Joshua Metile keeps nothing that he appears to love. His life is beige. 

 

Except, no one lives a life that passionless.  

 

When Daria discovers his secret, she could be the next to die. Will she find a way to save herself?

 

The Man in Shades of Beige is a short crime story by Bonnie Elizabeth

• Language: English
• Publisher: My Big Fat Orange Cat Publishing
• Release date: Jul 17, 2017
• ISBN: 9781386991830

Bonnie Elizabeth

Bonnie Elizabeth could never decide what to do, so she wrote stories about amazing things and sometimes she even finished them. While rejection stung her so badly in person, she spent most of her young life talking to cats and dogs rather than people, she was unusually resilient when it came to rejections on her writing, racking up a good number of them. Floating through a variety of jobs, including veterinary receptionist, cemetery administrator, and finally acupuncturist, she continued to write stories. When the internet came along (yes, she’s old), she started blogging as her cat, because we all know cats don’t notice rejection. Then she started publishing. Bonnie writes in a variety of genres. Her popular Whisper series is contemporary fantasy and her Teenage Fairy Godmother series is written for teens. She has published in a number of anthologies and is working on expanding her writing repertoire. She lives with her husband (who talks less than she does) and her three cats, who always talk back. You can find out more about her books at her publisher, My Big Fat Orange Cat Publishing.

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The Man in Shades of Beige

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The Man in Shades of Beige

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The Man in Shades of Beige

Night vision goggles have their drawbacks. You don’t see colors like you do when the lights are on. There’s that low light sort of greenish tinge to everything as you walk through darkness. Which is why I prefer to do my reconnaissance in the daylight, if possible. Housekeepers, even live in housekeepers, often go to the store for groceries. And really, housekeepers are a luxury not everyone can afford .

Fortunately for me, this guy couldn’t afford a housekeeper and he worked outside the house. No night vision goggles required. The house might have looked better

wearing

them

.

Standing just inside the sliding doors, it didn’t look like he could afford much of anything, beyond the semi-fancy neighborhood. While his house was largish, larger than even two people really needed, every home on the block looked pretty much the same. He did have the good taste to back onto a green space.

Great resale value there.

Great for people like me who break and enter.

He had an alarm.

So

what

?

I can break an alarm and do it quickly enough that nothing hits the alarm company. Worst case, I leave.

Worst case, after leaving I come back the next day and try it again. Pretty soon the alarm company starts thinking there’s a problem and they get slower and slower to answer. It takes me a bit more time to do what I