I sit in the warm kitchen filled with the aroma of baking. She sits opposite me with her curly white hair, a crinkled smile and innocent blue eyes.
I take a bite of the cookie she had proffered me earlier and sigh inwardly with pleasure. But hard questions still need to be asked.
"This is the third time in five years madam, so my employers need an investigation before any payout."
**
He sits before me, the hard hearted man, not listening to how I cared for my elderly husbands before their heart attacks.
That cookie should do the trick tonight.
**
Written for the Friday Fictioneers Word Count : 100.
To read other recipes from Friday Fictioneer kitchen go here.
It is also two for one this week with this second entry http://subrotopant.blogspot.com.au/2015/06/her-last-gift.html
To read other recipes from Friday Fictioneer kitchen go here.
It is also two for one this week with this second entry http://subrotopant.blogspot.com.au/2015/06/her-last-gift.html
Dear Subroto,
ReplyDeleteI don't think he's going to have a chance to ask the hard questions. Cookies. Cookies will make them sleep (with the fishes). Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
These were cookies to die for. Thanks for your comments as always Rochelle.
DeleteHa, ha, hard questions, don't think he'll enjoy the answers.Lovely read, thank you!
ReplyDeleteBut he will enjoy the cookie for now. Thanks for reading and commenting Yolanda.
DeleteBeautifully Written
ReplyDeleteThanks Dee Dee, I am glad you liked it.
DeleteNow that's clever! Love it
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Thanks Keith, I am glad you liked it.
DeleteI think this is great!
ReplyDeleteThanks Joy for your words of appreciation.
DeleteHow deadly! She might see more husbands on the horizon now!
ReplyDeleteThe way to a man's insurance policy is through his stomach in this case. Thanks for reading and commenting Vinay.
DeleteOuch there is a black widow in many kitchens.. but I thought it was the tea that was laced with arsenic
ReplyDeleteIf the cookie doesn't do you then the tea can. Thanks for reading and commenting Björn.
DeleteGood twist - watch out for the white-haired old ladies with innocent smiles. I like the two narrators in this - works well.
ReplyDeleteThanks Margaret, ideally I would have liked them to have equal number of words each but I am glad it worked.
DeleteI really enjoyed this flash. The hard question came a bit by surprise and then we had knowledge that the insurance man would wish he knew before it was too late. Well done.
ReplyDeleteThat's how the cookie crumbles. Thanks for your comments Irene, I am glad you liked it.
DeleteThis may make me hesitate before eating cookies in future, Subroto. Talk about closure. It's not too hard to figure out how her husbands died. Well done. :D --- Suzanne
ReplyDeleteDepends on who is offering them :-) Thanks for your comments Suzanne, I am glad you liked it.
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