“You will regret this. There will be consequences. I gave you my life’s best five years. There is now looking back now,” he jeered, jerking his hand off.
* * *
She was sweating all over, panting between gasps of short breaths. And her legs could barely support her weight now. Giving way to the cyclic convulsions her body was experiencing. She was scared and angry and in the mix of two feeling dizzy.
She could barely raise her hand to ring the bell.
Devyani stood in complete silence with the high overtures of fatigue running through her body, making every minute last that much longer. She could hear her mother’s footsteps approaching the door.
In one quick swipe the door opened, there she was, her mother, standing with one arm on her waist looking distressed.
“Mother, he has come back. He has returned,” and with these words Devyani fell.
* * *
Rajlakshmi was sitting at home watching television when the doorbell rang. Something about the timing told her one of the two family members had returned. She wasn’t one bit happy with this realisation. She switched off the television and briskly walked towards the door.
In one quick swipe she opened the door, there she was, her daughter, barely able to stand shivering all over taking short breaths.
“Mother, he has come back. He has returned,” and with these words her daughter fell.
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And this time again, I am taking part in the thirty day writing challenge UBC. I have completed the challenge successfully twice before. Once in July and another time in October. Both these times I wrote a thirty-part running story and even released them as novellas. You can download them from The Other Side of Human love and The Unsent Life.
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Interesting reflection!
Thanks Gabor đ
Oh my!! He returned and unleashed his fury! What a turn this has taken. Now I worry even more about the outcome. This story keeps me coming back for more! I hope someday my writing can be even half as compelling as yours. ♥
Thank you soo much Kathy đ You are very kind to me, honestly đ
Mr. Knish won't reply satisfactorily because he can't. He's a liberal for whom everything revolves around Israel — in other words, a neocon. He talks like a true conservative at times but it's always abstract, "in pr,qniplei&cuot; never getting down to specifics like the race war of — nice Jewish boys learn at their mother's knee not to notice such things.
He came back!! Okay now I have more weird theories in my mind…great going girl, keeping all of us hooked!
Thanks a lot Naba đ
Yikes!! Why did he come back?!! What a brilliant twist!
I’m loving it! đ
Thanks a lot Pixie đ
Whoa! now what was THAT!???? Woman, where are you going with this? đ
Wait and watch đ
Very gripping! Soo many twists…can’t wait for the next one!
Thanks Sivakarthik đ
I like the narrative in this with two different people’s perspective playing on the similar lines.
Why did he come back now? Waiting for more
Thanks a lot kajal đ
He came back?? Really? How? But he died twice, didnt he??
Or so they said..
Tension and relief at once!! Well merged.
Thanks Michelle đ