The flowers were supposed to be an apology and a promise. The apology was for buying three thousand miniature figures of a unknown comic book hero and failing to find somewhere other than the living room to store them. The promise was that they would be gone before she got back from her sister’s the following week. He bought her a second bouquet when that deadline came and went and the boxes were still rendering the kitchen inaccessible.
They were pretty flowers, she’d admit that.
The flames were beautiful though. She liked them much better than any bunch of flowers.
Carol J Forrester is a writer and a history geek. Her debut collection 'It's All In The Blood' came out November 2019.
She has a 2:1 BA degree in history from Bath Spa University, enjoys judo at least twice a week, and tries to attend poetry events around the Midlands when she can.
Her flash fiction story ‘Glorious Silence’ was named as River Ram Press’ short story of the month for August 2014 and her short story ‘A Visit From The Fortune Teller’ has been showcased on the literary site Ink Pantry. Her poems ‘Sunsets’ and ‘Clear Out‘ were featured on Eyes Plus Words, and two of her poems were included in the DVerse Poets Pub Publication ‘Chiaroscuro’ which is available for purchase on amazon.Her poem ‘Until The Light Gets In‘ was accepted and published at The Drabble and her poem ‘Newborn’ was published by Ink Sweat & Tears.
She has been lucky enough to write guest posts for sites such as Inky Tavern and Song of The Forlorn and has hosted a number of guest bloggers on her site Writing and Works.
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Oops. Couldn’t they have bought a bigger house? But three thousand minitature figures may be a bit too much for even the most understanding spouse. Fun story.
What a warming story. 😉
This made me laugh right out loud. Such satisfaction in that last line.
I’m glad to hear I could make you laugh out loud. 🙂
Well, good for her. No fooling around with this woman–keep your word or lose your toys!
I’m so glad she realized she was better off without him. Nice creative take on the prompt.
Well, serves the guy right for re-negging. Nice job, Carol!
Thank you.
I have great admiration for her. I am too soft, I would not have had the courage 🙂 Great take Carol.
I don’t think I would of either really. That’s the great thing about writing. We can create characters stronger than ourselves.
Good for her! Then again, she could have just left…
Ah, I suppose she could. Then again, that might not have been as satisfying.
So true, that!
Ouch, I’m not sure he will ever be able to forgive her for that, but I guess he had been warned!
He was indeed.
I hope they weren’t plastic or she’d end up with one giant mottled bubble. 😄
And a horrible smell.
Three thousand? He could have sold them and made a tidy profit. He better not cross this woman, next time it might be him.
Indeed. Serves his right for breaking his promises and procrastinating.
That was great, and so unexpected!
Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Haha this is great. And nice use of both the flowers and the boxes in the photo prompt.
Oops. Couldn’t they have bought a bigger house? But three thousand minitature figures may be a bit too much for even the most understanding spouse. Fun story.
Lovely take on the prompt
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