“Have you seen my gold earrings?” she asked.
“No darling. Did you check the cupboard?” replied her husband.
She searched everywhere, but couldn't find them. “It must
be the maid,” she thought.
She accosted the maid, who didn't accept her guilt, and
her month’s pay was deducted.
A week later, her diamond earrings went missing too.
She lodged a police complaint. The maid’s house was
searched, articles ransacked, but in vain. Humiliated, she left work.
That night, at a nearby bar, her husband gambled with two
diamond earrings, trying to compensate the loss he had faced with gold ones.
This 99 word fiction is shared with Blogging from A to Z April Challenge - E.
Point blank and interesting reading, nice of you to share.
ReplyDeletePoignant tale. Loved it!
ReplyDeleteThe last line about the compensation was awesome :) Loved it :)
ReplyDeleteThoughts...Sushree
Wily husband and poor maid. This concept of short fiction is good - delivers with a punch and takes less time to read :)
ReplyDeleteOhh poor maid and the wife... but she will know one day.
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Twinkle Eyed Traveller
The price of which the maid had to pay! Sad it is
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