He opened the curtains and looked out the hotel room window. Nothing spectacular, he shrugged. But it could have been the Eiffel tower and he still wouldn’t have been impressed. It wasn’t home.
Nothing was these days. That’s all he wanted. The view from his own room. The oak tree in the back next to the swing set. His wife smiling as she played around in the garden with their oldest daughter. His other two running around with the dog.
No. This wasn’t there. There didn’t exist anymore. He sighed. He closed the curtains. He turned away.
Time to get to work.
PHOTO PROMPT © Marie Gail Stratford
A Flash of Fiction... 
You packed a lot of emotion into those few lines.
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Thanks. Who knows, I might continue this one.
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Well you’ve certainly opened up a lot of possibilities there.
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Definitely sparked my curiosity…
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Me too. 😀 I wonder what the writer will write next.. hehe.
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Yeah, I wish I knew him or something….you know, so I could ask.
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Haha, I’m sure i fyou knew him, you would say exactly what everyone else says about him… “I really wish I would have known that knowing him was this difficult.” Or, so I’ve heard it said.
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Intriguing. Pulled me right in and would love to see where this goes. Nice job. @sheilamgood at Cow Pasture Chronicles
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Complicated, you left me with so many questions, a good way to start…
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Thanks. So, a good hook then?
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Well done. I want to know a lot more.
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Thanks. I’ll definitely make sure to add more to this.
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Dear R. Todd,
This sounds like the beginning of something larger. You leave me wondering what happened. Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thank you Rochelle. And sorry about the link mix up… glad I got it straightened out.
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Well done, R.! Definitely pulled me in and I felt it was like a man who is so much on the go for work that home is but a figment of his imagination… or is it? Definitely can go in many directions with this one.
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Thanks. I had to pull it back up and go over it just to see where I might go with it. It should be entertaining.
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I missed this last week. I’m glad I stopped by.
Tracey
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Thanks for… stopping by. Wait, you said that, now it feels redundant and I feel… awkward. So, erase all that and just go with… Thanks!
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Oh, this is a good start. I also missed it last week, too busy, but now read your follow-up. Definitely a lot of story in there.
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Thank you.
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