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The Thief
Pair with 99 Problems by Jay-Z
It wasn’t hers. It belonged to someone else. She just took it without asking. She had no business, but it looked so shiny and bright. On display, though highly guarded. As if she didn’t already have enough. It was a case of someone else’s being better, being easier, being more manageable. This one. This one she could solve just like that. She had seen this kind before. She might even have experienced the same thing. It was like a do-over. An upgrade. A chance to make it right. Only that is not how problems work, is it?
Regitze Ladekarl has re-emerged as a raconteur after a long, successful career elsewhere. She crafts universal tales from everyday lives with an honest, sharp and witty pen. Besides working on a forthcoming novel, she flexes her voice with personal essays, flash fiction, and method writing here on Medium.
