She looked at the test to find 2 pink lines staring back at her. She walked out with the test in hand to where he was pacing the floor. She handed it over to him.
He looked at it and then looked at her. He was going to be a father and grandfather all at once.
Congrats
Hey Ravi,
This is a fictional tale of sexual abuse. I am not, repeat not, announcing my pregnancy
That is terrible. I like your piece though.
Thanks Kai, purely fictional, Thank God.
Intrigued!! You have aptly used ur 55 words
And also congrats on winning the prize
Hello Bhagyareema and Welcome. Yeah, the whole inspiration for the 55 word fiction came from the Maid In Malaysia (http://maidinmalaysia.wordpress.com/). This was my first attempt. I’m glad you liked it.
Meera, this is a brilliant piece of writing. Very, very disturbing. But so effective. Oh so kick in the gut effective.
Thanks, as always, Sudha. I’m glad you came, you saw and you read. This is one of those, that disturbed me after I wrote it. Never thought my own post could do that
great meera …..its a brave attempt. well done !
Thank you Krishna.. nice of you to come visiting
A wet sock on the face in a cold morning
guess that is what you wanted ..
It wasn’t my idea to shock anyone in the morning…. it was just an attempt at fiction. Unfortunately, I draw inspiration from real life.
Nicely done! Coming via Third Sunday Blog
Hello Kelly,
Thanks for stopping by and welcome to the blog.
Meera – Oh wow…brilliantly written..fictional but sadly it could be so true.
PS: Came here via the Third Sunday Blog Carnival.
Hello Corinne,
Yes, it is extremely unfortunate that this could very well be true. Thanks for coming by.
I thought his oldest daughter was pregnant and now his wife was also pregnant with the youngest child. Like in the old days. I did not even think of this possibility. God, horrible when you think such terrible things happen in reality.
That’s one possibility….. my story was talking about a father sexually abusing his daughter and her being pregnant with his child. Hence the father and grandfather all at once. Sad that such things too happen in reality
I thought the same too, but later realised it was otherwise, from the comments.
This is one that is truly open to interpretation as seen from the comments!! However, my take was the really disturbing version. This is one of my 55′s that still makes me uncomfortable when I read it