Tuesday 4 February 2014

How Do I Tell Her About You?





Gone to mum's for the weekend




I found the note on the fridge when I got up.




'We can't go on like this, it's not fair on Laura.' 


Balancing the phone, I took the note and read each word slowly, over and over again, as if by doing so I could stop her from getting there. Praying for a slow puncture or multiple car pile up.


'How do I tell her about you?'


'Hush.' 



'It will kill her,' I said.




'That's not possible,' said her mum, a hundred miles away in Connecticut.


'I've already done that. She's in the shed.'




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This 100 word piece was written for 100 words on Saturday, a writing challenge that I have just discovered. I wrote this on Tuesday so I don't know if it still counts because the Linky is still open for a few days. Even if I'm too late, it was fun to write. You can find more about the challenge by clicking the following picture


http://writetribe.com/100-words-saturday-2014-4/






    
      

15 comments:

  1. This was a gr8 take on the prompt...

    Thanks for sharing :)

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  2. Thank You Nabanita :) Thanks for popping along to my blog :)

    Ally

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  3. Thanks Ruchira :) And thanks for visiting SATT

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  4. Wow, that was interesting and profound. ♥

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    1. Thanks Cathy :) Thanks for popping by my blog.

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  5. Can't believe you wrote a murder story in a 100 words!
    By the way, you can always hop on to any of the challenges at WriteTribe and the only condition is that you link your post before the linky closes. Hope to see you around on WriteTribe more...

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    1. Also please do away with word verification, it makes commenting on your page such a pain.

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    2. Thanks Bhavya, I will, WriteTribe looks brill. And thanks for letting me know about the word verification, I thought I'd got rid of it! It's one of my pet peeves as well :)

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  6. Interesting take on the prompt :) That's what I love about them- the variety of interpretations!

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    1. Thanks Shailaja :) Yes prompts are good fun.

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  7. Great take on the prompt, Ally:) It's still a mystery, though!
    http://vishalbheeroo.wordpress.com/2014/02/02/100-words-on-saturday-14-5-how-do-i-tell-her-about-you/

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    1. Thanks Vishalbheeroo :) Thanks for taking a look at my blog

      Ally :)

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  8. Shudder! How cruel - love how you did this, Ally!

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