FRIDAY FICTIONEERS PHOTO PROMPT
WORD COUNT: 100
Dad: “That must be mom. Dinner ready?”
Girl: “Yes”.
Mom walked in, holding an envelope.
Mom: “What’s this?”
Dad: “I… I… I can explain.”
Mom: “You’re busted.”
Girl: “Mom, Dad, can we discuss after dinner? Please?”
Mom: “Dinner??? We’ll have to beg for it soon!”
Without a word, Dad stormed out.
Mom: “YES, RUN AWAY! The perfect solution!”
Girl: “Mom?”
Mom: “Honey… I’m not hungry. Sorry.”
Later, with dinner placed on her dressing table, the girl looked into the mirror and wondered why her life doesn’t change. As tears burned her eyes, she ate a very salty pizza that night.
-Yuhu!
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Yuhu’s Corner:
This story is a part of the Friday Fictioneers Photo Prompt Flash fiction challenge. Every Friday, a photo prompt is provided by the organizer Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. The participants have to come up with a 100 word story. You can check out the other entries here.
Yuhu 
Painfully salty! 👌
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I know!! Thanks for reading.
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Oh! That was painful to read. Sudden poverty is pretty tough.
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Yes. That’s true. Sometimes people can be very irresponsible.
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🙂 🙂
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“As tears burned her eyes, she ate a very salty pizza that night.”
Heart wrenching lines, for someone out there this is life and not fiction.
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I know, Ali. Thanks a lot for reading.
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Sure thing Yuhu! 🙂
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Dear Yuhu,
Family strife is always hardest on the children. Nicely done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks a lot, Ma’m.
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That is so, so sad. My heart goes out to that girl.
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I’m so sorry for making you sad. There are many in this condition, though. Thanks for reading.
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Seems like some rough times. Well written!
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you’re right. It is. Thank you.
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i think there’s still hope. dad didn’t bring his belongings with him. he’d come back with a bouquet of flowers for her mom.
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Ah!! I would love that. A lovely thought. Thanks for sharing.
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Very painful story.Many kids are punctured like this.
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Thanks for the visit, G.
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Oh how terribly sad.
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It actually is. Thanks for reading!
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It’s so hard for kids, to be pulled into adult issues. That said, sounds like a family under more than one pressure.
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You’re right. Things are quite complicated. Thanks a lot for dropping by.
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Nicely done. I like that you didn’t tell what he had done. I figured probably lost his job or an affair. Great story.
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Thank you. What the lady found in the envelope is left to the reader’s imagination. Glad you could visit!
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Wow I didn’t see that coming love it so powerful
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Thanks a lot, Cory. Glad you could visit.
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