Mabel knew she’d found a winner when she met Shane -tall, dark, handsome. He came into her life on a dark and stormy night. Unfortunately, she’d mistaken his kid glove-approach as a gentleness that didn’t exist.
No, Mabel sighed as she looked out into the storm, there was no more Shane. Her tears matched those streaming down the windowpane.
“‘Scuse me, ma’am,” a deep voice said. Mabel glanced up through wet eyelashes to see a burly man in a plaid shirt. “I couldn’t help but notice you weren’t too happy.”
The man sat. “Could I buy you a coffee?”
©2020 Chel Owens
Written after reading Carrot Ranch‘s prompt this week: kid gloves
October 8, 2020, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story that includes kid gloves. A prop in the hands of a character should further the story. Why the gloves? Who is that in the photo, and did he steal Kids’ gloves (of the Kid and Pal duo)? Consider different uses of the phrase, too. Go where the prompt leads!
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Chel Owens 
Nice title and use of familiar phrases like “tall, dark and handsome”.
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Thanks, Frank! I meant to keep clichéing, but the story turned serious on me. 🙂
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💗
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🙂
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Did she drown him and then fall into the trap of another supposed kind man?
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I think you’ve been reading Bruce’s blog too much… 😀 It’s all above-board so far.
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Who is Bruce?
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😀 Bruce Goodman. He loves to write short stories with a terrible ending. https://weaveaweb.wordpress.com/2020/09/28/1952-on-wicked-witches-and-stepmothers/
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Oh my! Ha. I need to follow him
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End of one romance, perhaps the start of another. Or maybe she says, “No, thanks.”
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Let’s hope they’re both good judges of character.
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Words in writers hands don’t always obey. I think the story went in a very good direction – at least (I hope) for Mabel.
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I agree. Thank you, Jules.
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Nice work, Chel! I especially like the image of comparing the woman’s tears to the rain rolling down the windows.
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Thank you, Pete!
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The calm after the storm, the silver lining, the May flowers to April showers?
Fun take on the prompt.
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Ah, man. I could’ve used those. It got too serious to keep going, though.
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I love happy endings. This flash has that feel!
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❤ I couldn’t leave her alone in the rain.
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Looks like someone hasn’t learned her lesson!
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😀 That was my thought when he showed up!
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Shane’s a pain and he’s so lame cos he’s to blame. Do I win a prize?
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Yes! You win for best poetic comment so far…
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I think there’s only one Shane, Alan Ladd in the movie of the same name. It would have been a different story if Mabel had met him………….but he would have still have rode into the sunset anyway.
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You’re right. Let’s hope this new guy sticks around.
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Good story.
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Thank you!
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