Well, I actually loaded this up last Friday…and forgot to hit publish. So…have a story THIS week. Oops.
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Prompt: A Priest Hearing a Unique Confession

Words: Chinese, crustacean, flash, bucket, vessel, notice memoir, brute, docile, cucumber

Story

“Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned. It’s been…a while since my last confession.”

“What would you like to confess, my child?”

Cassie took a deep breath. “I stole a Shanghai Hairy Crab.”

“You did what now?” The priest sounded like a n older man. Heaven knew what he was thinking.

“I stole a Shanghai Hairy Crab. You know, a Chinese Mitten Crab?” When the priest didn’t respond, Cassie continued. “It’s a crustacean. They’re a delicacy because they’ve been shipped back to Asia. I had an opportunity to grab some off a shipping vessel, and I just…did it. I saw the bucket and took it.”

“What? Why?” the priest asked.

“I have no…yeah, that’s not true. I read about it in a memoir. TI was a bucket list thing. They’re supposed to be delicious with cucumber salad.”

“And was it?”

“I don’t know. I didn’t actually eat any. They were do docile – for crabs – in the bucket that I felt like a brute eating them.”

“Then what did you do?”

“I released them into Taylor Lake.”

Before the priest could say anything, Cassie noticed a flash of light outside the confessional. “Notice! Cassandra Richardson, you are under arrest for ecological terrorism. Come out with your hands up!”

Cassie sighed. “It was bound to happen. Thank you, Father.” She could hear the sputtering from the other side of the partition. Well, at least he had a good story.

Word Count: 237

Written: 12/5/19