Saturday, July 14, 2012

The End Game


Jenny's allowing us 103 words to develop our Saturday Centus offerings this week, and you'll find the prompt embedded (with red print) in the story below. As you can see, I decided to set the poetry aside for a change...

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The End Game

Serena learned to hate his explanations. Once, she might have admitted they were clever; now she recognized them as variations on the same theme: "It's not my fault."

Listening, she could almost predict the next sentence, the next argument, the next justification.

"The girl was in a rough patch, that's all. I felt sorry for her...everyone did. I'm just the one who stepped up. She's nothin' to me. You gotta know that."

"I don't gotta know that. Or anything else." She turned away, fully and finally repulsed.

He clutched desperately at her arm. "Wait! There's more!"

"Not for me," she said.
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20 comments:

  1. StacyJuly 14, 2012 at 11:53 AM

    dumped! Always looking forward to what you'll create next.

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  2. AmyJuly 14, 2012 at 1:04 PM

    I am always surprised by how you manage to fit the prompt into your creations. I laughed and loved it.

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  3. Brian MillerJuly 14, 2012 at 1:14 PM

    surely there is always more right....please let me keep trying to dig myself out...only finding myself deeper...ha....

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  4. yayaJuly 14, 2012 at 2:06 PM

    Maybe she didn't want more but I did! You made some magic again Sue!

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  5. GailJuly 14, 2012 at 2:10 PM

    Fantastic take.

    I seem to have lost my writing and painting talent.

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  6. JudieJuly 14, 2012 at 2:52 PM

    "It's not my fault!" Yeah, yeah, that's what they all say! Good one, Sue!

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  7. UnknownJuly 14, 2012 at 3:10 PM

    Nicely done!

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  8. karenJuly 14, 2012 at 5:38 PM

    Very clever - but I still can't help wondering what he was going to say! Guess I'm not fed up with him yet.

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  9. StefJuly 14, 2012 at 7:36 PM

    ...doesn't she want to know...you know...the more?

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  10. AnonymousJuly 15, 2012 at 2:16 AM

    Makes you want to know more of their story. Well done.

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  11. anitamombanitaJuly 15, 2012 at 7:54 AM

    Sounds like we were on the same page!

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  12. EG CameraGirlJuly 15, 2012 at 3:44 PM

    Well done, Sue!

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  13. Bargain Decorating with LaurieJuly 15, 2012 at 8:35 PM

    Sounds like Serena wised up. Good job. laurie

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  14. 21 WitsJuly 15, 2012 at 8:45 PM

    Love this song.... and you always surprise me, and this was a perfect fit!

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  15. Grandma HoneyJuly 15, 2012 at 9:16 PM

    Sounds like their relationship is a done deal!

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  16. AnonymousJuly 16, 2012 at 5:05 AM

    UGH! This point in a relationship there is no fixing. You put it out there quite clearly...nicely done!

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  17. Sistas in ZionJuly 16, 2012 at 4:54 PM

    We kind of wish Serena would have let him speak because we want to know more...lol.

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  18. Susan MysteryJuly 17, 2012 at 11:56 PM

    Love the way you left the guy hanging and her leaving with confidence. Nice take on the theme.

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  19. NonnaJuly 18, 2012 at 11:05 AM

    Perfectly fitting the prompt...excellent!
    Enough is enough...good for her !!!

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  20. JennyJuly 23, 2012 at 5:13 PM

    Bravo girl!

    Sometimes, finally, enough is enough!

    Gosh. You're magical with prose, too. Geez!

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