Copyright Liz Young
“You sent it???”
Her fantasies had been shattered, and also the cachet of having an unknown admirer. How could he imagine that she, the homecoming queen, would be seen dead with him? Not exactly trailer-park trash, but close enough in her eyes, and those of her sniggering friends.
Her response had been brief and cutting.
Years later, across the desk, she wonders if he remembers her. Probably not.
“So I was hoping for a loan, say fifty thousand over ten years?” she says, hopefully.
Something stirs behind his horn-rimmed spectacles.
He remembers perfectly, it seems.
“So hell’s frozen over then?”
I should be able to do better with a cracking prompt like this, but once again I’m dashing off out, early doors, as we say over here. Great choice for a Friday Fictioneers photo, Rochelle, and many thanks to Liz Young for providing it.
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He’s waited a long time for this, and I think he’s going to enjoy it… A harsh lesson learned. Nice one Sandra.
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I think he’ll extract every last ounce.
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Hell hath no fury like a nerd scorned.
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Thanks for reading Neil.
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Do better?
Sandra, even your title is brilliant!
Great story of karma biting your bum.
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My thoughts exactly!
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Aww thanks CE. 🙂
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Of course he remembers! I want to hear part two of this piece!
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It might make painful reading, Jessie.
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Revenge is a dish best served cold. Perfect.
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Thanks Joseph. 🙂
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He waited long enough to get his own back!
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All the more enjoyable then. 🙂
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Payback is a bitch!
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Always best not to be cruel – you never know when those you’ve hurt might get their own back. Wonder what the odds are of her getting that loan? 🙂
Even ‘dashed’ off, your stories are winners.
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Yes, as they say, be careful with people on the way up, you never know who you’re going to meet on the way down.
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Very true, Sandra. Be kind, that’s what we all need to remember 🙂
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Dear Sandra,
I love this! Paybacks indeed. My guess is she’s not getting the loan and he’s loving every minute of it. If this is what you “dash off” I’m in total awe.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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I think the interest on the loan might be out of her remit, somehow. And thank you, Rochelle.
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I love the title!!!
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The nerd’s revenge! I bet all those girls were sorry they made fun of Mark Zuckerberg, too!
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I think you may be right. Eating one’s heart out is something of an understatement, I feel.
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Ah! Karma always gets you in the end!
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I’ve always found that to be true. 🙂
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Chickens coming home to roost.
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Indeed.
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I love this, Sandra. Karma! I could feel and experience all the emotional nuances throughout.
Picked up what I suspect was a typo: “would be seen dead with him”. Should that read “wouldn’t?” Could also be my Aussie lingo.
I regret how I treated a few people in my youth, usually because I couldn’t work out how to discuss the situation…either when I was interested or not.
xx Rowena
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Thanks Rowena. To be honest, I don’t think it works either way, now that I re-examine it. And yes, this story had its roots in a particularly regretful reaction I once had to a valentine card from someone. I still feel bad about it, even now.
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Karma at it’s best
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Karma’s a bitch, if you have been…
And as for your “should be able to do better days”? Please. This is fabulous!
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Thanks Dale, for reading and commenting. 🙂
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Ouch. This made me uncomfortable, the mark of a well-written story about events and emotions all too human. Pretty sure I’m bruised somewhere.
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Yes, I still suffer some discomfort about my ‘cavalier’ attitude towards some boys I used to hang around with. Thanks for reading
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ooooouuuu, Ouch! Great Karma story
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Take that lady! Brilliant – as ever!
Click to read my story!
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Good story. Karma does seem to find a way…
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Oops. I think she might be disappointed. You’ve packed so much story in, well done.
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I’d say she’s going to find the interest rate somewhat high for this loan. Thanks for reading.
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It’s sad that way too late in life we learn or hopefully learn, to monitor what we say.
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I’m still learning, Alicia, and not doing very well at it either. 😦
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I think she will get the loan….but the interest and those ‘fees’!!
The cost just might be too high.
Excellent story!
– Lisa
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I think you’re right, Lisa. Thanks for reading.
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Hahahaha! Great end-line, Sandra. But also great other stuff, too. Characters really shine on this one. I seriously ned to study your writings a bit more to see how you pack it all in there. Brilliant!
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Thank you Kent. Glad you liked it. Writing 100 word stories is like taking regular exercise. It gets easier the more you do it, but if you stop, it’s really hard to get back to it. I look forward to FF as my weekly work-out. More so than I do my twice-weekly work-out at the gym anyway. 🙂
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Those writing muscles are in great shape and worth learning from.
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How could he forget? Rejection is a bitter pill to swallow, especially when chased with harsh, cruel words. Now, she is forced to eat them. Ha! Loved it.
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Thanks Russell. Saying ‘no’ would have been enough, you’re right.
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Ha ha. Karma! You don’t forget something like that.
Nice one!
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I agree this is a great story of karma coming back to haunt you. Always safest to be nice.
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Oooooo revenge is sweet. 😊
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I hope he’s the bigger person, it will reinforce how wrong she was. Loved the horn rimmed glasses.
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It would be nice if he could be. 🙂
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this reminds of the saying, the best revenge is to be successful. 🙂
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Indeed.
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Exquisite… though somehow I feel that an even better revenge is to treat her with grace… but she might be immune against such subtleties
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She might well, Bjorn.
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Everything comes to those who wait and everything comes round in the end. Nicely written, Sandra
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So true, Michael.
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Outstanding Sandra
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Thank you. 🙂
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Great story–it comes back around perfectly.
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Thank you Emily.
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He may have had to wait for his revenge, but got it in the end! It reminded me a bit of the Skater Boy song. Excellently written.
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Thanks for reading, Clare.
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She’s never going to see that fifty thousand, is she? Ha Ha.. A fun take on the prompt.
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Ah, if only life really worked like this. The perfect revenge, and so satisfying. Great writing, Sandra.
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Awesome!
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Placing my bets on karma right now! This is fantastic, Sandra.
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Admittedly I was anticipating something much darker from you, Sandra (I apparently took those “nasty” reins this week), but this hits deeper. Karma’s a bitch, and she rarely forgets. I love this line: “Something stirs behind his horn-rimmed spectacles––” very evocative.
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After that last line I feel bad for the girl. Fantastic story.
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A life lesson learned a little late.
Good tale, Sandra.
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He’s really going to enjoy himself here. In fact, he reminds me of a tiger that used to be in a zoo that my brother worked in years ago. One of the keepers was showing off to his friends by teasing a tiger. Two weeks later the tiger saw the keeper was on his own in the pen, so it ambushed him from a tree and basically that was curtains for the guy.
A great story, as usual.
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