Aug 6, 2014 Original Short Stories
PHOTO PROMPT – Copyright-Björn Rudberg
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Word Count: 100 words
Fold-Unfold
©August 6th, 2014
By Vijaya Sundaram
Call me superstitious, but I shouldn’t have bought that house after my marriage folded.
Perched on a precipice, surrounded by a tight mass of trees, it looked picturesque. A constantly folding-unfolding, susurrating ocean looked inviting at a hazy distance.
I had some money that I’d set aside, refusing his help. I had my job, my fiction-writing on the side, my goldfish, sunlight, good looks. Of course, my heart hurt, but I’d learned to ignore it.
I loved my new place. What could possibly go wrong?
At least I wasn’t home when it caved in.
I’d just met my new love.
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Thanks, Rochelle Wisoff-Fields, for hosting “Friday Fictioneers,” and thanks to Bjorn Rudberg for the great photo-prompt.
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