Closing Floor
#010··100 words·Weird Fiction

Closing Floor

It was the oddest thing. He came up and asked me, "Where has The Concert been moved to?" and I told him that I didn't know what concert he was talking about. He continued pressing me, "It was right here the last time I was here! Just yesterday!"

I said, "Sir. I worked security yesterday, there was no concert in the museum." and that is when it hit him. "No, the 1664 painting by Vermeer. 'The Concert'." he says with a confused look.

I say, "That was stolen in 1990." He was stunned. He doesn't know what year it is.

The brief
Constraint

Three paragraphs, each shorter than the one before it.

Turn target

The last line tells us what the guard realizes about the visitor.