Thursday, June 11, 2015

Baker's Delight


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."

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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.

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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

20 comments :

  1. Dear Subroto,

    I 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

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    1. These were cookies to die for. Thanks for your comments as always Rochelle.

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  2. Ha, ha, hard questions, don't think he'll enjoy the answers.Lovely read, thank you!

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    1. But he will enjoy the cookie for now. Thanks for reading and commenting Yolanda.

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  3. Beautifully Written

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    1. Thanks Dee Dee, I am glad you liked it.

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    1. Thanks Keith, I am glad you liked it.

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  5. I think this is great!

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    1. Thanks Joy for your words of appreciation.

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  6. How deadly! She might see more husbands on the horizon now!

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    1. The way to a man's insurance policy is through his stomach in this case. Thanks for reading and commenting Vinay.

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  7. Ouch there is a black widow in many kitchens.. but I thought it was the tea that was laced with arsenic

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    1. If the cookie doesn't do you then the tea can. Thanks for reading and commenting Björn.

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  8. Good twist - watch out for the white-haired old ladies with innocent smiles. I like the two narrators in this - works well.

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    1. Thanks Margaret, ideally I would have liked them to have equal number of words each but I am glad it worked.

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  9. I 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.

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    1. That's how the cookie crumbles. Thanks for your comments Irene, I am glad you liked it.

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  10. This 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

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    1. Depends on who is offering them :-) Thanks for your comments Suzanne, I am glad you liked it.

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