Metacognition- short story

Editing my story this time around, I had a bit of a challenge. I had to partially rewrite the middle and write an end. Rose and Harold, an older couple, want to pull off a scam to prove they've 'still got it.' I had a bit of a problem- I didn't know what they'd do! If I had a good idea like the one I needed, I'd probably be scamming people, not writing a short story. I went out to dinner with my mom, and, as we were finishing our desert of chocolate lava cake, she suggested, "why don't they steal wine?"

And so they did.

I used the idea of a shop like WineStyles in Northbrook as a model, in a town like Troup, Texas. They used a turquoise van, like the one my family owned until I was about 11. In fact, almost everything I wrote about was based on my experiences.

I wonder where Robert Frost got his inspiration....