The Queens Diamond - Freewrite

The only thing they had to go on, was that one of his fingernails on his right hand was completely black. He didn't speak during the raid, instead using a series of signs, so that we could not track him using voice recognition. He was dressed head to toe in black, with a ski mask, and sun glasses. He had thought of everything, everything except for the fact that he would have to take off a glove to punch the code into the security door. The thermal cameras showed us that he was likely a white Caucasian in his late twenties to early thirties. He had gotten away with 2.75 million in cash, which was nothing in comparison to the sentimental value of the diamonds he had taken, one a stone which once belonged to the Queen of England in those far begone days of English royalty. It was a priceless antique, and my boss would do everything in his power to get it back.

I arrived back at my studio, and packed my travel bag with a few essentials - passport, 2 pairs of jeans, 3 t-shirts, 2.75 million in cash, a bag of diamonds and a hand with a black nail. I was about to go underground. The idea of printing the hand with a black nail on my 3D printer and making it pass off as my own had made the culprit seem less infallible, which pleased my megalomaniac Maltese boss. He now believed we could catch him. What he didn't know was that the hunter and prey were one, and that I was about to fake my own death..

For those not familiar with the freewrite, you basically have 5 minutes to write a story, beginning to end. Then post it to your page.

Thanks to @mariannewest for this outlet, I'm really enjoying taking part in this most days.

This weeks prompt was "Fingernail" and the post can be found here https://steemit.com/freewrite/@mariannewest/day-129-5-minute-freewrite-sunday-prompt-fingernail

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