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Rated: 13+ · Short Story · Contest Entry · #1829108
Daily Flash Fiction entry for 12/03/11WC 269
The glow of the soft candles through the sheer panels was beautifully enticing. Sheila wondered what magical moments her date had prepared for her tonight as she circled the Poi pond, her three inch heels crunching the fallen autumn leaves.

Sheila was feeling warm and fuzzy inside yet also a little fearful. There was an eerie quiet stillness in the evening air. Sheila ventured to the sliding screen door and called out, "Bobby?"

Kenny G. playing on the stereo. Candlelight fluttered gently in the breeze casting shadows on the walls. Sheila felt her heart beat quicken. Something wasn't right.

"Bobby? Bobby!"

Sheila entered through the screen door. She wasn't disappointed in the lovely china or the bucket containing a chilled Dom Perignon, the tantalizing aroma of Chicken Marsala. She entered into the living room, cozy with a crackling fire. Suddenly she heard a grunting noise.

She turned and ran up the staircase. Bobby was lying in the bedroom doorway, a crimson stain on his blue jacket where the pearl handled knife still protruded from his chest. A woman was leaning next to his body. She looked up through emerald, tear stained eyes, a ghost of a smile on her lips, blood oozing through her wrists. Chris, Bobby's ex-wife. In her one extended hand she held a note out to Sheila.

"My dearest Bobby, you once made promises to me that we would be together forever; that I was your long awaited prize. Why did you leave? What did I do wrong? You broke your promises. I promised you we would be always and forever one. I would never leave you. I keep my promises. Love, Chris."
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