Thank you, Advizor. I do love this picture. Though, I'm surprised at the direction I took. I hope it works for someone out there.
The details...
FFF Prompt - Devastated
Key Word: Devastated
Word Limit: Short week, low limit, 180 words
Forbidden Word: Phone, Carpet, Nipple
Extra Words: 20 Extra if her mom or dad finds her or is on the phone.
Extra Credit: Tell me a story about your worst phone call.
Key Word: Devastated
Word Limit: Short week, low limit, 180 words
Forbidden Word: Phone, Carpet, Nipple
Extra Words: 20 Extra if her mom or dad finds her or is on the phone.
Extra Credit: Tell me a story about your worst phone call.
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She could still hear his voice.
"Bella. Answer me, Bella."
She dropped the receiver after he came; after he said a name that wasn't hers. Yet, it was a name she knew...
She lay on the floor, devastated, listening to him buzzing away like an anxious mosquito. She wanted to swat away his feeble excuses and end this horrid call. He was her fucking fiancé.
"Stop," she whispered. "Please stop..."
She clutched at her dress, covering herself as she rose to a seated position.. In seconds, she'd gone from hovering on the edge of orgasm to total humiliation. Sure, he'd been different tonight. It wasn't the way he normally talked to her. It was... dirtier. And, yes, she was surprised that he'd called her here, but it was a pleasant surprise. One that made her feel wanted and a little naughty. But then he came and called her Anna. The only Anna she knew was...
"Bella, darling. Who was it that called?"
She grasped the receiver and stretched out her trembling hand.
"Sorry, Mother," she whispered. "It was for you."
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Extra credit, though I didn't take the words.
My worst phone call is yet to come. I dread it. However, I did have one a year or so ago that was awful for me. Many years ago, I spent a year in an affair with my best friend. She had a girlfriend. I wasn't proud, but it's where I was. I adored her. The year was torture, but I loved her so I endured. I was 1000 percent sure that she knew that. I'd believed she felt the same way. About a year or so ago we are on the phone and she tells me she never loved anyone before her current girl. Gut punch. Yet, somehow, I ended up telling her I'd been in love with her back then. She said she'd never known. Shed though it was just for fun. Even now, happily married, it broke my heart. It made me feel like she'd never known me; that the entire year had been a figment of my imagination.
Wow... I didn't see that ending coming for either story.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for reading, Tom. :) Gotta keep you on your toes!
ReplyDeleteI love the ending. Cracked me up and mortified me at the same time.
ReplyDeleteYou are a joy to have in my little circle of writers.
As for the phone call. To share our feelings only to find out they were never what the other wanted is a gut punch that is hard to forget. My heart goes out to you.
I hope next week's picture brings out happier memories.
Lol... it was awful, wasn't it? I couldn't even imagine! But I'm glad to make you laugh.
DeleteThank you. It's a joy to be here.
And you're right... it is hard to forget. But sometimes those moments are the most important.
Hey, I loved that picture. And I look so forward to the next one.