Aron walked in to find his wife, Nina, passed out on the dinner table. The bouquet he was holding fell involuntarily to the ground. The house was dark except for a flicker of light from a candle and an odor of Alcohol mixed with something smoky filled the atmosphere.
He shook Nina gently whilst trying to maintain his composure. It took a few minutes after she regained consciousness for reality to dawn on her. A distraught Nina clutched herself, trembling and sobbing.
Aron steadied her as she buried her tear stained face in his chest. They maintained that position long enough for Nina’s state of mind to regain some normalcy. She gazed into the eyes of the man who had always been her rock through her numerous down spirals,
“I want this baby Aron”, she spoke, placing one hand on her barely visible bump “I- I need help”.
He hugged the mother of his unborn child a little tighter… There was nothing more to say.
Word count: 165 words. This story is in response to Flash Fiction for aspiring writers photo prompt challenge hosted by Priceless Joy. Thank you Pixabay.com for this week’s photo.
Well… wow
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Hahaha, now that was fast! 😄
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I might be the flash. U never know 😀 I am a fast reader though no doubt about that.
Post was really good kindergarten
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LOL!!!!! Yeah, I can see you are a fast reader. Thank you very much, Flash 😄😄
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Haha you are welcome kindergarten 🙂
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Great story you wrote from seeing the photo! 🙂
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Thank-you very much. It’s fun trying to write a story from a photo prompt. ☺
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Good story. Why was she passed out?
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Thank you Mandi. She passed from excess alcohol intoxication.
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Wow! Great story Ameena! She has an alcohol problem and she’s pregnant. I hope her husband will get her some help. Wonderful story!
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Thank you Pj! That was exactly the storyline. I think her husband will support her to get the help. ☺
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That’s wonderful!
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Reblogged this on Heba vs Reason.
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Good story…and I hope she gets the help she needs, especially from him. Without the proper support…failure lurks in the shadows.
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Thank you JC. I think her husband will support her all through. ☺
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Woww.. This is too good!
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Thank you girl!!! Glad you liked it ❤
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hehe 😀 My pleasure to have met a talent like ew! 😀
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Beautiful story, it’s written perfectly so much to learn from thank you xx
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Aww, thank you very much. I appreciate it.☺
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Powerful…
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Thank you very much Trae ☺
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Don’t end the story! Need to make sure she has the baby and that its healthy, and…..:) Great job!
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Hahaha, don’t worry I’m sure she will have a healthy baby 😄
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Thank you, now I can breathe easy ! Ha! 🙂
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Good…
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Thank you! Glad you like it 😄
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Pretty sad aspect of life beautifully put together.
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It is, but then again that’s the reality. Thank you ☺
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Powerful! In less than 200 words, I both loathe and pity this character.
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Thank you!!! I am so with you on the character 😄
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wow! Just wow! This was brilliant.. am happy to be back and reading your posts! 🙂
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Thank you Prakash and it is great to see you back 🙌
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My pleasure.. 🙂 I am slowly catching up back to blog..
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