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NUMB

The Sicilian Storyteller

A four-line response to the
photo-prompt challenge below
from Greg @ Four Line Fiction

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“Is there really such a thing as the perfect marriage?” Marcella wondered; at one time she believed the answer was “yes”.

Now, laying on her bed alone in her apartment, Marcella’s head was swimming; after 18 years of marriage, how could she have been so terribly mistaken?

She had discovered a loose thread, one which kept annoying her, and as she toyed with it, pulled on it, every neatly sewn stitch in the tapestry of her life began to unravel until there was nothing left but tatters.

“How does a man who seemed unwaveringly devoted to her and their daughter have another wife and children on the other side of town and everyone knew except her?” Marcella asked herself, her mind now numb; the very idea was staggering and she nearly laughed at how totally preposterous and unimaginable it all was.

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30 thoughts on “NUMB”

  2. That takes unfaithfulness to another level.

    You’ve picked a song from one of my all-time favourite albums. I love the way the tracks are preceded by background noises! Right now I’m playing it very loudly – sorry neighbours!

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  6. Life, reality, has proved to me more than once that is far more crazier than fiction.
    One more thing: judging from hearing a (piece of ) story is as close to having a complete picture as it is possible to imagine the shape of a human just by looking at the bloodcells through a microscope, even an expensive one.

    Pink Floyd…😎😎
    (and one of the best guitar solos)

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