“I don’t like how he talks to her. Like he’s commanding a dog rather than speaking to his wife.”
The new engineer and his bride were the latest topic of gossip at the company picnic.
Ross schmoozed with bosses while Betsy lingered on the fringes, speaking only to Ross when he snapped his fingers for another burger or beer.
She kept her eyes down and her responses monosyllabic.
Whispers ran through the crowd, judging Ross as a miserable, possibly abusive husband.
Once at home, behind closed doors, their demeanor transformed, transposed.
Betsy knew how to discipline without leaving a mark.
100 Word Song, is a writing challenge from Lance based on a weekly music prompt. The Challenge is to compose a story in exactly 100 words. This week’s challenge is inspired by Diana Krall’s, “Peel Me a Grape.”
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hmmmmm – smiling here. great take (grape take?) on it, Tara. 🙂
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Woah! Catch that ending! 🙂 Great! (Just this short glimpse into hints of a world is better than the entire book “Shades of Grey”)
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That didn’t go where I thought it would go. Haha, I loved it.
Not part of the challenge, but commenting anyway to say “Bravo!”
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That last line killed me! And then it places all the lines before it into a wholly different light, to boot.
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The last line is cash money
Great setup. Your word choices were perfect. *bowing*
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Oh, nice!
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And zING you defied the viewers’ expectations. Loved it.
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ohh.. I like the twist at the end.
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50 Shades of Grape? 😉
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That literally made me snort. Thanks for the laugh.
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Yay! 😉
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ohhh, a little BDSM. Nice Tara 🙂
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That was the first thing I thought of when I heard the song. And… I have NOT read the Fifty Shades trilogy.
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