Shooed Out
Bhanushree let herself into the flat. Ankit was gone – after the morning altercation it was to be expected.
The house, the cupboards were bare of his belongings. Sudden tears choked her – the sight of her single toothbrush too much to bear. His razor – she stiffened and annoyance flooded her. Lazy bum, couldn’t even throw it in the trash. And what a mess she fumed.
Bhanushree set about scrubbing the flat to her fastidious liking. Mom was right. Live in doesn’t work. But better than being stuck in a marriage with an irresponsible brat -leaving the balcony door open.
Bhanushree froze. His sneakers lay there.
“There! Happy? You made me wash your dirty sneakers.”
“I didn’t ask you to wash them.”
“I told you to wash them. But…”
“They looked fine to me.”
“I can’t stand to see you wear such filthy sneakers.”
“Well that’s your problem isn’t it?”
“I’ll tell you what my problem is – You! Get out of my house!”
A tear slipped down her cheek. I tell him to do a thousand things – does he ever listen? No.
Yet today…
Words: 182. Written for the Flash Fiction for the Purposeful Practitioner (200 words or less). For other stories, click here
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For the readers of Moonshine, here’s Chapter 72 and of course Calvin 😀
May be while asking him to do the other thousand things she might have skipped the “MY” part…
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Wonderful story. Be careful what you say! It could happen…when you least expect it!
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Thank you 🙂
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It happens when you do not want it to, so think before you speak. Need this most
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And read before you hit send 😉
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Live in or wedded, the emotions are the same… the situations would differ. A thought provoking story. Wonderful!!
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Thanks 🙂
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I AGREE A THOUGHT evoking story that pokes day in day out…
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Oh ! This is our SS ankit!?
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It is Christmas Day. Merry Xmass. I just happened to this story again so I thought about commenting on it.
It is terrible to spend a festival day alone. I feel for Bhanushree.
Hope you are feeling better Dahlia.
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Thanks Ferdi for your good wishes. I am better but not as much as I hoped. May take a little more time to be blog fit. Happy Xmas to you too🌹
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Take care .Miss you but we will wait for you to get completely well.
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Thanks Ferdi 🙂 I am back – if not with a bang with a whimper 😉
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Awww…….that’s sad😪. I hope you wrote a sequel in which he had just gone to get her favorite icecream😉
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Oh you actually did land up😀😘 actually i did write a sequel to this!
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Aha! This fella just heard whatever he wants to… The rest fell into deaf ears…
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Hehehe 😉
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Ohho Kya baat h Ankit to bada kamaal ka nikla!🤣
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Hai toh apne Mama ka Bhanja 😛
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