Sunday Photo Fiction is a weekly challenge presented by my old friend Al Forbes.
The idea is to write a short story (200 word max) inspired by what you see in the picture (below).
This week’s clever prompt is supplied by the man himself, and I walked down a romantic road, hand in hand with the one I love.
Click on this link to enter your tale, and to see what others have written.
© Al Forbes
Click here to hear the author read the story:
Second Honeymoon
A pilferer.
You don’t expect that on a ship like this.
I paid thousands for this cruise, trip of a lifetime, exotic ports all round the world, so I expect the best.
And I find a cabin steward stealing from me.
I know a bit about technology, so I rigged a little trap, caught him on film.
He didn’t even argue when I showed him what I had, he just begged for mercy.
I told him I’d think about it, that he should keep his nose clean for the rest of the voyage.
My wife knows nothing about it, of course, no point in upsetting her.
And she would go straight to the captain, and the boy would have to walk the plank or be keel-hauled or something.
So we carry on as before, swimming, dancing, sightseeing, having a wonderful time.
And now it is karaoke night.
I get up to sing.
I always murder Delilah.
Ha, just my little joke.
My wife hates the song, hates to watch me perform it.
She goes out on deck, as I knew she would.
And the steward does what he was told.
Forgive me, Delilah, I just couldn’t take any more!
Sound Bite Fiction 
And there was me thinking it would be the Steward who went over the side. Loved it
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Bad Steward, but it almost seems as if the narrator knew of his tendencies and trapped him to help him get rid of his wife Delilah. And of course, the Stewart’s an amateur and will probably get caught and the narrator can just pretend he’s none the wiser and knows nothing about what the Steward is saying.
Hugs CE
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Hook, line and sinker! You got me again.
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Yes, Em, but you believe in the Great Pumpkin too!
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Duh!
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Guess the guy got the better end of the deal. Loved the Delilah reference.
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Happy it worked for you, Varad
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Great story. However, if I were your narrator I’d be extra vigilant for the rest of this cruise. The steward might decide to finish the job and come back to strangle him with a bit of towel origami.
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I’m sure he will read your comment with interest.
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Somehow I doubt it.
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Well, he read it with amusement!
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Result! (as I believe the young people say, or used to)
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Whoa! “I keep your secret about being a thief and you murder my wife.” I don’t know. I think I’d rather go to jail than become a killer. Now this fellow has something to hold over the steward’s head for the rest of his life.
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I guess we’re all different, James
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My my my! Another one bites the…waves!
Click to read my PhoFic!
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Birds gotta fly, fish gotta eat!
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I half expected that it’d be revealed that the cabin steward was helping himself to the man’s wife. I wasn’t expecting the steward to make up for his pilfering by helping in the untimely demise of the man’s wife. Yikes! Great story.
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Oh Mandie, as if I would even contemplate such hanky panky! ‘Yikes’ works for me, thank you once again.
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‘Delilah’ is also sung by Stoke City fans at football games – no has a clue why this tradition started, perhaps it was also to cover up a sinister bit of uxoricide?
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Because they were killing football? 😉 Just kidding.
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Plenty would agree with that 🙂
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This in no way impacts my previous thinking on any matter whatsoever!
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The penalty for pilfering is way less than that for murder! What exactly was the steward pilfering?!!
I like the Delilah reference.
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Yes, but the certainty of losing a great job and perhaps jail against the remote possibility of being caught for a ‘motiveless’ murder.
Glad it amused!
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Your main characters seem to get through an awful lot of wives, CE. 😦
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You know me, Sandra, easy come, easy go.
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