Tuesday, February 4, 2014

The Other Woman- 100 Words Fiction



 

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‘Dear Rose,

After our fight yesterday, I decided to come clean. My only concern was ‘how do I tell her about you’. But last night her reports showed that she was battling cancer.  She has been with me through thick and thin. She has seen me struggling but she never left my side. How can I leave her now, when she needs me the most? Maybe we were never meant to be. 

Hope someday you can forgive me.’

Amidst the blur of tears Rose felt an immense relief that she was not the other woman who had broken a marriage.


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24 comments:

  1. SoumyaFebruary 4, 2014 at 2:24 PM

    Poignant!

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  2. kalpana solsiFebruary 4, 2014 at 4:57 PM

    The stigma of the 'other woman' is intolerable for any lady and the wise thing is to refrain oneself from entering a complicated relationship.But the heart has other reasons................

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    1. Prasanna RaoFebruary 5, 2014 at 10:28 AM

      Yes, I never understood why women fall for married men. I'm not judging though because as you said heart has always some other reasons :)

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  3. NabanitaFebruary 4, 2014 at 10:05 PM

    The heart wants what the heart wants sadly....

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    1. Prasanna RaoFebruary 5, 2014 at 10:29 AM

      Yes, usually the heart gets what it wants. Sigh!

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  4. Shailaja VFebruary 4, 2014 at 10:39 PM

    Touching, heart-wrenching and beautifully put. Liked the take on the prompt!

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  5. Ruchira KhannaFebruary 5, 2014 at 1:28 AM

    beautifully written!!

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  6. Prasanna RaoFebruary 5, 2014 at 10:30 AM

    Yes, I wanted to keep it positive in the end. It's better for everyone involved no?

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  7. Saru SinghalFebruary 5, 2014 at 10:42 AM

    Sometimes there is relief in the sad situations. Losing his love but having self respect, sounds a good situation to be in.

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  8. SeetaFebruary 5, 2014 at 11:26 AM

    That was beautiful to say the least! Lovely take Prasanna!

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  9. UnknownFebruary 5, 2014 at 12:03 PM

    Prasanna, it was a beautiful take on the prompt :-)

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  10. Amrita SabatFebruary 5, 2014 at 2:33 PM

    Very touching. Though she was relieved for given reason, she shd also b grateful to God that she herself doesn't suffer from d dreaded disease cancer.

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  11. IndraniFebruary 5, 2014 at 5:30 PM

    A nice story with so many morals.

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  12. UnknownFebruary 6, 2014 at 9:42 AM

    Beautifully expressed and poignant!

    dropping by Write Tribe

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  13. UnknownFebruary 6, 2014 at 12:03 PM

    Now that's something so beautiful. :)

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  14. AnonymousFebruary 6, 2014 at 6:57 PM

    This prompt left me speechless and so beautifully written. It's sad and poignant at the same time.

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  15. Anita SabatFebruary 7, 2014 at 6:06 PM

    Good one as usual, Prasanna :)
    Your stories have the power!

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  16. WordsPoeticallyWorthFebruary 7, 2014 at 7:52 PM

    An interesting piece that I enjoyed reading.

    Thank you. Love love, Andrew. Bye.

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  17. MenacheryFebruary 7, 2014 at 8:03 PM

    Sigh , dont we always love whats forbidden :P. But well realiztion ,. thats the key, and thats what is super important. loved your style of writing and narration!!!

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  18. Ritesh AgarwalFebruary 8, 2014 at 12:14 AM

    That was like 2 stories in one....a good piece Prasanna

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  19. Rajeev MoothedathFebruary 9, 2014 at 7:32 AM

    Nice... short sweet,realistic and touching

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