Monday’s Red Rose
It started with Monday’s red rose left on my doorstep. I smiled, wondering who my secret admirer was. On Tuesday, I arrived home and found a box of high-priced chocolate truffles, kept cool with an ice pack. One melted on my tongue as my imagination wandered again as to my admirer.
Each day of the week, I found a bigger and better anonymous gift. On Sunday morning, I was gifted with a masked figure standing over my bed.
“Are you surprised, Mary?”
I recognized his voice: it was the man I watched die – at my hand.
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Rochelle Wisoff-Fields is the inspirational host of Friday Fictioneers.
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Oh how intriguing
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🙂 Thank you!
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You’re welcome Li
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Ooh!
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Back for a bit of revenge it seems! Good stuff 🙂
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Thank you, Iain! 🙂
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Yikes. I’m outta here!
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Well that was a twist I wasn’t expecting
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She wasn’t either!
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Uh oh… She definitely didn’t leave him dead-DEAD! How nice of him to woo her before he ummm. did whatever he will do!
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Thanks for the neat pic to write to. Fun comment, Dale. Thanks for reading 🙂
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You are most welcome, Lisa. 😀
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Interesting twist…you owe us two words though. 😀
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🙂 Thanks, C!
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That would be a bit disconcerting…(k)
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Yes, literally a rude awakening.
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Quite a twist you came up with here, Lisa. Slightly creepy but pretty good! 🙂
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Thank you, Christian. I really wonder what is going to happen next!
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Paybacks are a bitch!
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And this one is with interest!
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Oh dear, it was going so well!
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Eeeek! A ghost who can arrange the delivery of roses and chocs! What a spooky tale.
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Indeed! Thank you for reading and your comment, Penny.
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Yikes! I did not expect this. Murder 101: make sure after the deed that the victim is dead dead (how Dale put it). Great twist!
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Thank you, Gabi. I remember another FF story I wrote (there was a lake) where the assumed corpse was less-than. I really wonder whether love can transcend murder…
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Dear Lisa,
Wonderful buildup to a chilling end leaving me wondering if he was really dead. Either way, I’d say she’s in Trooooouuuuuble. Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Rochelle, thank you and I wonder the same thing!
Shalom,
Lisa
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Nicely done, Lisa. Obviously he was quite grateful for your efforts. 🙂
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🙂 But of course. Thanks, Bill.
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According to Khan, the Klingons have a saying that revenge is a dish best served cold, and leading her on for that shock end was pretty cold! Or maybe it was hot, but I just wanted to use the quote 😉
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LOL, Trent. Glad you did.
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If only he could have dragged sending her mysterious gifts for at least a month. Just imagine what she would receive; Surprised yes. But will he act out some form of revenge, or will they be trapped in some kind of lover’s blackmail. What next?
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James, I like what you see in this. You never know, there may be a next chapter for them…
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That all went a bit wrong for her 😮
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Uh-huh, after what sounds like it went a bit wrong for him…
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Revenge is dish best …guess it’s payback time! Lovely story, Lisa.
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Neel, thanks much. Glad you enjoyed the story.
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such a twist in the end. i never expected it. 🙂
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I’m so glad the twist got you, Plaridel. Thank you.
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Wow, that was terrifying. Great twist!
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Brenda, thank you 🙂
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Oh no. Not a love story at all! I hope she got to eat the rest of the truffles before she met her doom.
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lol I love your comment. Thanks, Margaret!
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Unexpected ending. Well done lisa
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Thank you, Vartika 🙂
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Never trust a dead man who brings you gifts. I knew there was a twist coming, but I didn’t expect that.
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I’m glad I gotcha with the twist.
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Ooh! It was so good to read this, Li. Much as I love your poems, I love your fiction more. ❤️
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Punam, such high praise, thank you!
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You are welcome. You have the knack for the most unexpected twists.
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Ah HA … did he not quite die at her hand?
Is it his ghost? Nope … she didn’t do the job right.
He is going to get his revenge, now she will be the one dead.
Such a good story, Lisa. You gave us a great build-up. My fav
read this week … Isadora 😎
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Isadora, am very pleased you enjoyed the story this week. Many thanks ❤
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Ooooooo that last line, scary as anything!
Nicely built subtle tension here
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Laurie, thank you. I wanted to keep that low profile even as the horror was revealed 🙂
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Wow, I am not a great reader of criminal stories, but the way you wrote this was fabulous
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Michael, thank you. So glad you enjoyed it.
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Wow! This is really interesting. I love stories with a bit of a horror element to them. Thank you for sharing
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So glad you enjoyed the story, thank you, Bloom.
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