“Just look at her! It isn’t fair,” pouted Mira, tossing her black locks back in frustration.
“You need to focus on something else,” Prakash commented drily.
“I cannot! I would give anything to have skin like hers. It’s flawless. Not a mark on it, no pimples, no blisters, not even a damn freckle.”
Turning slightly, she couldn’t resist adding, “Now I know why you were with her.”
He stiffened and replied, “You think I’m that shallow?”
“All men want beautiful women. Period.”
Snapping irritably, Prakash responded, “What that skin doesn’t show is what lies beneath; a snake would look tame in her presence.”
“What do you mean?”
“What you don’t know won’t hurt you and I’d rather you didn’t ask. I’m better off without her in my life.”
Mira yearned to ask more but one look at Prakash’s smouldering face, as he deleted her picture from his phone, made her hold her tongue. Now the fire of envy burned a bit dimmer, replaced by raging curiosity.
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Welcome to the Bar-A-Thon, the blogging challenge over at Blog-A-Rhythm. I’m blogging every day this week and will be writing short pieces of fiction on each of the daily prompts.
I’ve also taken up the theme of the 7 deadly sins and will touch upon one each day.
Today’s prompt: What you don’t know
Today’s theme: Envy
Curiosity killed the cat, but envy consumed the enemy 😀
I guess we would be less envious of other people if we had the option of actually living life in their position for a day. This deadly spin matches the prompt so beautifully! Just brilliant, Shailaja 🙂
Very interesting! Loving your theme and the smart pieces of flash fiction.
Envy consumes. And when it comes to ex-es, women can go nuts, eh? 🙂 I like your theme!
Wow, curiosity would get to her!! What was the reason to delete the pic? Don’t leave us hanging!!
I love the double take on the prompt. Skin-deep beauty and envy. What the readers didn’t see coming was envy!
Hey….you have left me wanting to know more! What is the mystery? On the other hand, I loved how he deleted her picture making her feel more secure…he’s definitely not a shallow person.
He was evasive 🙂 maybe he had her pictures in a hidden folder and just this one was in full view. Sneaky man 🙂
A snake would look tame in her presence.. wow… now I am keen to know about their relationship too! Loved this one, Shailaja!! A great take on the prompt!
That was an interesting tale with just a few words!
And the world is like this. It sees what’s shown and ignore what’s hidden deep inside! So many people fall prey to such beauty!
Loved your take on the prompt!
Cheers
She will always have this question in her mind..We are like that.
Fabulous take on the prompt! Sometimes what happened in Vegas must stay in Vegas!
You are leaving the story with the reader asking for more. Relationships need to be nurtured carefully…
True! Beauty isn’t the only thing that a person needs! There are things beyond that!
I would have been so curious to know what happened between them. I loved this take on envy. Sometimes What we don’t know is how our actions will effect us.
What we don’t know is how you manage to do justice to all these prompts 🙂
Nice one, Shy. I like the take on envy.
Women don’t give up, do they? ?
Seen the heart of a real woman in your post. Expectations for next posts …….
Reminded me of Rebecca – that book. I completely understand her envy and curiousity. But what I don’t know is how you do this.
Interesting…relationships always so complicated
Now even I am curious… What must have happened between them?