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Who is Really Gullible?
#WritcoStoryPrompt38

The two girls jumped over the hopscotch they had drawn on the curb with white chalk. It was their favourite game and they would be at it for hours. Even during the middle of summer, the heat would not stop them.

They wore matching pink overalls with white t-shirts. The girls always wore matching outfits. With their swinging pigtails, they laughed and hopped in their game of hopscotch went on.
To any onlooker, the smiling girls appeared blissful and safe. The girls hopped along under the watchful eyes of a tall male stranger sitting on a bench across the street. He has been observant of the twins for a week now. It was mere chance that he found them before he left the city.

What the stranger learned, the girls were always alone. No guardianship or supervision of any kind. They played...