The Carrot Ranch Challenge:
In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story inspired by “Shots fired”.
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The Shot
I hear a gunshot.
Through the gloom I see a figure slumped against my car.
I run towards it, my eyes sweeping the area.
Nothing.
As sirens approach, I recognise the pale, huddled form.
And struggle to breathe.
It is Val, the woman I loved and left all those years ago.
Her face is pale, blood seeps through her coat.
Her eyes flicker recognition, her lips twitch almost into a smile.
Take this, she whispers, pushing something into my hand.
I look down at the still warm gun.
She clasps her gloved hands around mine.
Got you, she says.
Oh, she did get him. That is some tale of revenge!
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Ha shocking
Ha, I like that, Cassa!
She put a lot of time and hate into that act of revenge!
(It’s what you say in the not saying…)
Devious and satisfying twist, although not so much for the ‘hero’!
Excellent story.
Hell, fury, and that sort of thing, Jenne! Thanks, as always, for your support.
Payback is a bitch, as they say. She got you good.
Excellent write, C.E. ❣️
Was the music “Those Were the Days” made popular by Mary Hopkin? If not, the gypsy strains are so familiar and will haunt me all day until I figure it out.
Could it have been “Bang bang, I shot you down..”
You win a coconut, Margaret, cos you got me, babe!
Wot?? Only a coconut for that great feat of memory!
Glad you like story, Nancy, but you let the team down badly on the music quiz! See below…
My head is hanging low in shame this morning. How could I have let my people down so badly? Me … the gatekeeper of The Rhythm Section?? Of course, now that I have listened again to that haunting melody (while thinking of the scenario you have set before us), and the only answer could possibly be “Bang Bang”. Alas, I am only human and I have erred as humans are wont to do.
C’est fini! 😔
Oh no, Nancy, say it ain’t so! Only human? Hélas, hélas, et trois fois hélas! My world is in tatters, my sky collapsing, all dreams gone forever.
Tu as raison, c’est fini, rien à dire… 😔
Oui, mon ami. Hélas, je ne suis qu’humain. C’est la vie, c’est la guerre, c’est l’amour!