“Personally I like the rounded look. We are basically making a bunch of spikes, almost weapons on these fence panels,” Harmon said as he toiled on the order for the massive fence that would line the perimeter of J. Hardy Carroll’s estate.
“Mr. Carroll was very specific Harmon. He wants this design and this one only,” Butch the boss man replied.
“Makes you wonder what he is protecting or hiding,” Harmon commented.
“Only a set of the prettiest triplets God ever created. Louie said they are models.”
Harmon knew this, it was why on this panel he made it weaker.
Fiction Playground 
There’s trouble at every turn in this challenge. Well done. xx Rowena
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Beautiful triplets promise triple the fun with triple the trouble.
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Like it!!
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He is setting up his alibi nicely. Beautiful triplets? I had no idea?
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That Harmon is up to no good with the triplets! Fun story.
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I certainly hope Harmon can have the fun he imagines.
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Neat story, Joe, if somewhat on the sinister side.
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Only if spending time with model triplets can be sinister. I imagine him losing his mind on the beauty.
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I read it as a creepy little man spying upon, or even preying on, pretty young ladies. Fairly sinister, no?
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Yes sir. That’s the fun of reading, you make it your kind of story.
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Quite sinister. I knew that J Hardy was hiding something.
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Can you blame him? My daughter is beautiful in my eyes and their isn’t a general tall enough to protect her!
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“J. Hardy Carrollās estate.” Cute.
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You mean he hasn’t had you over?
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Probably hiding his triplets from me.
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I am not sure who that says what about, you or him.
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Harmon is a very creepy dude.
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I wasn’t sure where you were going with this until the very end. I loved it
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Everyone sees Harmon as creepy. He just wants to see the pretty girls.
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Anybody who forces his way in, is creepy, especially if he does it to see pretty girls.
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Very spooky. I don’t like Harmon one bit.
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Oh, this promises to be an interesting tale. Harmon sounds like many a fellow who wanted to slip through a hole in the fence, hoping to meet a beauty…or two or three. As in the song or years back, “Wolverton Mountain.” Alas, a well-prepared Papa is usually lurking nearby.
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Christine, I am so glad Harmon comes across as just a guy wanting to see a pretty girl or three.
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Not every guy that winks at a chick is a pervert. Besides, my Mom was a Harmon — I gotta stick up for the clan. š
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Your story brings to my mind another about young men making efforts to see a pretty girl:
The tale is told of a young prairie farmer, a bachelor, whose neighbor recommended her niece for a housekeeper. He hired her and when she got there she was so pretty — and the word got around fast — he knew every young blade in the county would be showing up in the evening to visit and check out the possibilities. And, since he fancied her himself, he wanted to prevent other fellows coming courting.
So he grabbed a hammer and some big spike nails and went to little bridge on the creek half mile down the road.
He went under the bridge and pounded the spike nails up through the flooring. Sure enough, by evening the first young bachelor showed up in his Model T, but he had to spend the evening in the shed fixing two flat tires. Inexplicable how TWO would go flat at the same time. And so it went with every young fellow who came around. Instead of courting, the fellow had to repair his flat tires. š
Then one noon he comes in from the field and she’s all packed up. “Please take me to the train station. I’m going home. It’s so lonely here — and you spend every evening out in the shed with your friends fixing tires!”
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Isn’t that so funny. I love that kind of tale. As an old boss of mine used to say “He snookered himself!”
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Just a boy, interested in a girl, or two or three… riiiiight….
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Oh Dale!
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Commenters aren’t giving these girls much credit. Young ladies today are tough — the three of them can beat him up if he doesn’t behave. š
I see Harmon as 20-ish; my take on this story would change drastically if he’s like 40.
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Christine I asked my wife her opinion and she was in the bad intent camp too.
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I think that fence is to protect the local boys from the insatiable triplets. Nice story with multiple interpreations as seen from the comments.
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Ew! Get Harmon on some kind of registry. He needs to learn how to court in a way that doesn’t involve trespassing and sneaking around. If one of the girls is willing, there’s no need for this.
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You’ve hit on another angle! Maybe the girls want out. That J H C could sound like a dad with over-possessive issues, putting up fences like this. š
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LOL, I’d say so! It’d be cool if they were planning an escape and he was an accomplice.
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WOW! I never thought I would create such passion with this. I really just was writing a story about a guy who is interested in some pretty girls.
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Since you enjoyed the story I included above about the young prairie farmer, you may like this one as well. It’s a true story of two young homesteaders whose plans went south:
https://christinegoodnough.com/2015/03/18/first-prize-at-the-box-social/
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Thanks Christine.
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Very creepy little story. I fear something sinister is about to follow.
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You and sooooo many others Neel!
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So…is he going to spy on the beautiful triplets? That’s…creepy >_>
Nonetheless, this was well-written and twisty!
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You know I just have to accept Harmon’s fate. I just wanted him to get a chance to see the beauties.
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Yikes! J Hardy should have used Angie’s List.
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Maybe he got a good deal from Harmon’s boss.
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Could be!
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Loads of fun in this story.
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That’s my ultimate goal, to entertain.
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Job well done.
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Have you seen any of my Dogs of My Life series? I am stuck about three dogs from my current one because I want to do them in order and need to search for a photo at least a dozen years old.
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No I haven’t. Just checked out your link and couldn’t find one for Dogs of My Life. What a great idea?
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Here is the link tot he first one. I cannot remember if I have them all linked together. If not you can go to my tags and click on pets. https://joeowensblog.wordpress.com/2015/09/25/the-dogs-of-my-life-snoopy/?iframe=true&theme_preview=true
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Thanks I will be checking out your stories.
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Nicely done! I saw a movie once where a person was impaled on such a fence and now every time I see one that’s what I envision.
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There are various ways to read this depending on how your own mind works. Mine? Not telling!
Click to read my story
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Oh you must Keith. I need to know if you are dark and twisty too!
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Sneaky devil Harmon!!!
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Great story.
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Very creepy and leaves you wondering how it all turns out
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That bum!
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