That Escalated Quickly

Flash Fiction, for the Aspiring Writer 1 Minute
Steps on a hill
This week’s photo prompt is provided by J.S. Brand. Thank you J.S. for our photo prompt!

“ No fair. You know this place like the back of your hand! ”, he complained.

“That’s true only if I’ve seen my hands thirteen times in my life, to be exact. ”, she retorted.

“ You say you’ve planted a tree every time you climbed up here? ”

“And today it’s your turn.”

For the first time, she hesitated. The cold voice in her ear pushed her and just as she had listened for the past thirteen times, she listened.

She gasped as his body fell with a mundane finality. The cold voice steadied her while she planted the fourteenth tree in the grove and walked back.

“I felt a connection with him. It was love – not the pain you gave me. Unfortunately, I have to give to all men, the revenge I served to you”, she screamed at the oldest tree.

Remorse hit her, clouded her eyes and flowed on her cheeks. The leaves rustled and she stumbled upon an overgrown root. The world went dark as she went down on the very steps that had brought her up.

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Vanakkam. Vandhanam. Namashkar. Swagatham. Hey there! In case you haven’t realised it yet, my name is Karthik and I love to write. I had always longed to be a writer. Everyone who I knew and knew that I wanted to be a writer encouraged me to start a blog. But I never took the leap, plagued by my self-doubt best phrased as “Do I write good enough?” This was running around in my head till one fine day, my professor at college made the class create individual blogs as part of a project and I decided I had postponed the blog enough. My blog was born. Cue: Music Sleeping with your dreams is fun, but living them out is the best life there is. Not many get to include their passion in their life, and thankfully, I can count myself among the lucky few. The support and love I receive on this blog has more than overwhelmed and answered the questions my self-doubt has held up to me. * THANK YOU, DEAR READERS * I now post on an almost regular basis on this blog. Check back and follow my blog for some great fiction and poetry that’s bound to interest you. And of course, rare rants about issues that I feel strongly about.

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