He lay perfectly still on the cotton sheets, waiting for Lisa’s breath to become even and regular, indicating that she was in the throes of the deepest slumber.
Gently, he wriggled his toes out from under the comforter and slid them off the bed, his torso following suit, as he slithered, snake-like, noiselessly out of his side of the four-poster bed.
Slipping on his bedroom slippers, he padded quietly towards the corridor, even as the clock on the wall shone a radiant green, indicating that the hour was twenty past midnight.
Furtively, he hurried to the kitchen and without turning on the light, he felt his way to the large freezer and opened it to find what he wanted inside, where Lisa had kept it, furious that he’d ignored her all through dinner.
Sighing, by the neon glow of the refrigerator, he quietly read the last three pages of the whodunit novel and smiled, thinking, I was right about the killer!
©Shailaja V
Written for Five Sentence Fiction’s Prompt: Hunger
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I was totally expecting some leftover body parts.
I love the twist here! Well done.
Great twist on the “traditional” ending. Well written 🙂
To find that in a refrigerator, who would have thought it!
hahaha…love(d) it yet again dear Shailaja! How brilliant your stories are with such unusual twists…who would have known? 😉 <3
nice story, loved it, nice ending
Winner
LOL – I loved the twist at the end. Well done.
God bless you,
Cheryl
Loved that twist, Shailaja.. 🙂
Very well done ‘surprise’ element. We book lovers will go any lengths.
And our ‘opponents’ will do the same 😉 Thanks Raven haired girl 🙂
I love the way your story ended.
Thank you Ranu 🙂
He he he that was quite unpredictable! I thought it was a dessert that he had missed to avoid the calories 😉
Now, that would be boring, right? 😉
You are a “Twister” shailaja ???. I thought he was desperate for his peg. .lol!!. I enjoy your stories! !
Thanks a ton, Nisha. Just made my day 🙂
Hahaha.. Loved the end!! I was expecting an ice-cream too! Brilliant as always, Shailaja! 🙂
Thank you Shalini 🙂
Hiding something in the freezer is a brilliant idea, must remember for future use ;). Good one as ever, Shailaja!
Careful. Someone may beat you to it 😉
Hahahaha that sounds someone like me. Lovd the ending 🙂
Yes, I can just picture you doing that 😉
Brilliant! And so descriptive – I really saw what was happening from your words. Well done!
Very glad to hear that Laurel 🙂
What a fun story! Loved the twist at the end. You’re so good at those twists.
Well, someone thinks so, thank God 😉
I too thought of Ice cream, but it must be books when it comes to shailaja, right? Awesome, as usual 🙂
Awww, you’re sweet! Thanks Priya 🙂
haha very nice ending
Thanks Tina 🙂
Nice one! I was expecting chocolate or ice cream. 😉 As always, you’ve got the better of us.
But, of course, Monica 😉
Hahahaha…..loved the end! I thought he would open the freezer to fish out his favourite ice-cream which was out of bounds for him.
Yep, that was the ostensible reason 😉