Closure

An auditor’s job has never been easy. One has to raise the right objections, make the right recommendations and not leave any point untouched. There could be pressure to keep the warts concealed from public view.

I believe in professional ethics, and writing each word of the audit report was a challenge in that organization.

I stitched and patched up all I could. The final cover was a professional shirt with special buttons – which acted as a closure, yet revealed enough to arouse curiosity and suspicion.

It was the job of the fraud investigators to take up from there.

(99 words)

 

July 5: Flash Fiction Challenge

8 thoughts on “Closure

  1. Special buttons! Clever take on the prompt, Reena. The analogy of sewing to the auditor’s work adds a unique perspective, and then going the extra detail with the special buttons on a professional shirt made it exceptional.

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  2. So, is t his the guy from Friday Fictioneers? Sounds like it could be – that stole the money, I mean. I like the way the auditor thinks of himself. Very analytical and telling,

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