five sentence fiction: Anchor

 

Savitri a young woman was married to a man she never knew, in trying to agree to her parents wishes she at times wondered if she had made a fair choice for herself.

Her husband worked outside the country in a place she’d never seen, she needed stability in her life so she was willing to go the distance.

She received her documents in the mail, she was excited to see the new home where her husband lived, she landed in this city with high hopes of a comfortable future with her husband.

The things were rocky in the beginning, her husband was a bachelor for years, he had girl friends,Savitri knew nothing about, she was afraid, she didn’t know how to deal with this knowledge, she could not make a rash decision, months later her husband had an offer to work in a small community, Savitri was delighted, she immediately gave her consent to move out of the big city.

She and her husband moved to a small town of ten thousand people, it was okay for Savitri, the girl friends were back in the big city, Savitri was glad to have the stability she wanted.

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DP Daily Prompt: Mind Reader

Who’s the first person you saw before reading this prompt? Whether it’s a family member, a co-worker, or a total stranger, write a post about what that person is thinking right now.

Oh it’s my favorite brother,I know what he’s thinking right now, I could use some sleep now but this stupid work that popped up in my brain right now spoiled it. I didn’t have enough sleep, I did my school duty, what’s that you’d like to know eh, I take my son to school at the crack of dawn, then I have my catnap. Today the stars must not be aligned properly, I am unable to catch up on my sleep. I can see me walking like a zombie and talking like one. The passers by will have a field day making fun of me. Life aint fair yes it aint.

Now I’ll have to answer a barrage of questions why I didn’t show up on my blog. Siblings they can make one’s life miserable. Don’t pray for them, they make your life a living hell. I hope she doesn’t tell me she did not receive the book yet if she does, I’ll say, “it is not my fault, it’s your rotten postal system.”

Where did the hours go, it was only a few minutes ago I took him to school, it’s time to bring him back already? I tell ya life sucks, I cannot remember if I had my breakfast, probably not, why am I hungry? 

“Hey bus driver I’m having a bad day today, don’t make me miss the bus too?”

“I’m going to get my son now, with the kind of day I’m having I won’t be surprised if he tells me he needs my help to do his homework.”

“Watch my sister giggling instead of extending her hand to help, she is standing in the corner amused to see me so out of sorts, I’ll get you one day dear sis. but for now I must put my house in order.”

Hear me out folks, my son needs to go to Cambridge for some kind of activity, why Cambridge why not here in Coventry, both words begin with a C,I asked?

‘ You’re ridiculous Dad, are you all right, is something bothering you?’

“Nothing’s bothering me, let’s go home!”  

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365 days Writing Prompt: Green-eyed

Tell us about the last time you were really truly jealous of someone. Did you act on it? Did it hurt your relationship?

I can remember once my father told my mother to buy new clothes only for my big sister, this was for our yearly religious festival, you see we have two important ones ,one after Ramadhan and the other one two months ten days after the first one.

All of us kids would get new clothes for the first one, but the second one we’d have to wear the same clothes,which was fine by me, but here is the catch, my big sister was the only one who would get new clothes for the second one as well. 

At age eight I felt something was weird about this arrangement, why was the first question I asked,mom said because your dad cannot afford to buy new clothes for everyone. I was a cheeky little kid this explanation did not bode well for me, so I put my foot down and said, “then she shouldn’t get new clothes either” .

At that age I only knew what is right and what is not, the word fair did not enter as one in my vocabulary. To make long story short I said, “if she gets new clothes, you must buy for me as well because I will not wear the old ones”.

Whether my mom and dad had any discussion I am not aware but I got new clothes as well.

My relationship with the big sister was never cordial, the idea of having a sister was a sore subject for my sister, she was ruling the Sabeth family as the one and only daughter among five brothers, my arrival was hated by her, she made it known every living moment. This relationship had a crack from the beginning which grew wider as the years went on.

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