The Office – Flash Fiction

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The Office

Weary from walking she looked at her watch noting the time was 10:25 PM.  She remembered leaving a little after 9 o’clock.  Exhausted and aching she murmured to herself ‘sometimes the great bones of my life feel so heavy’. She began to cry.

It had been a pleasant day.  She had accomplished a lot, feeling a ‘good tired’, as she liked to say.  Dinner was prepared, the table was set as usual.  She waited for her husband to come home.

He wasn’t usually late without calling.  By 8:00 dinner was beginning to look sad.

He worked nearby so she slipped out the house and started walking to his business.  

She entered the building making her way to his office.  Opening the door she found him at his desk with his assistant on her knees in front of him.  She was not picking up paperclips.

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Linda from Charmed Chaos is hosting D'Verse Poets
tonight and had prompted us with Prosery which is to
include this line from Spring Azures from the book Wild Geese by Mary Oliver:

‘Sometimes the great bones of my life feel so heavy,’

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay 

Published by Christine Bolton

I have been writing poetry since I was a child and it has helped in the good times and bad times. I am always looking within to find the answers to life's problems and to write thought-provoking poetry and prose. Thanks for checking it out. Christine

39 thoughts on “The Office – Flash Fiction”

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  9. An awful scenario, Christine, that I wouldn’t wish on any wife. Sadly, it’s a familiar one for so many.I too would like to know what happened next.

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    1. I’m so happy you laughed at the end. I had to find an ending that lightened the shock that poor woman had! Thanks Sanaa 🤣

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  16. Well, that would be an awful thing to walk in on. However, your writing was excellent! Your ending was a surprise. I thought he had died at his desk. He probably wished he had after seeing his wife catching him! Great storytelling

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