PHOTO PROMPT © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields 
Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers photo prompt this week is this shimmering swimming pool. Can you write a 100 word story inspired by it ?
POOL TALK
I didn’t see it coming. We tread water at the deep end.
“Damian, you’re a liar ! And I trusted you”.
My heart sinks.
“Carol, just listen…”
I struggle to keep my head above water.
“Mr Sweet-talk, with your Levis, Boss jacket, Nikes —- just a con.”
We climb up the pool steps, my shorts clammy against my backside.
” You said I was the only one for you. Who exactly is Tiffany ?”
We walk to the changing rooms.
“Damian, see this engagement ring ? One diamond, into the pool it goes ! That’s what I think of eternal love.”
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May 22, 2019 at 9:15 am
Dear Francine,
Better to get it out before taking the final vows. Nicely done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
May 19, 2019 at 7:48 pm
I hope Damien do the right thing and dive for the ring… it could be a beginning to forgiveness… (or he can give the ring to Tiffany)
May 19, 2019 at 3:32 am
Damian is in trouble. Price he has to pay for cheating on Carol with Tiffany. Serves him right.
May 19, 2019 at 11:13 am
Thanks for your comment Abhijit. Relationships are tricky aren’t they ?
May 19, 2019 at 11:27 am
Not unless one goes out of the way to make it tricky.
May 18, 2019 at 8:07 pm
Wow. I’d say she needs to rein in her temper, and he needs to clean up his act 🙂
May 19, 2019 at 11:19 am
Thanks for your comment – fair point, and you are very even handed- they both need to do something.
May 18, 2019 at 3:09 pm
Perhaps Damian is lucky she did not drown him. Although looking for a diamond in the pool will eeep him busy for a long while.
May 18, 2019 at 5:37 pm
Thanks for your comment. perhaps he’s better off without her.
May 18, 2019 at 1:00 pm
She’s gonna live to regret that one.. But he’s better off without a jealous beast like that..
May 18, 2019 at 5:42 pm
Thanks for your comment Violet – guess relationships are never easy ? !
May 18, 2019 at 1:48 am
I hope it’s just a misunderstanding and they make up 🙂
May 18, 2019 at 5:46 pm
Appreciate your comment. Thankyou.
May 18, 2019 at 6:54 pm
You are welcome.
May 17, 2019 at 6:54 am
He’s big on his brand names – if Tiffany is just where he bought the ring, I hope he can explain before she chucks it in the pool 🙂
May 17, 2019 at 8:29 am
Great comment Ali – yes a ring from Tiffany’s. Thanks
May 17, 2019 at 3:38 am
Well… she is tough on him but if he went outside of their union, I have no sympathy.
May 17, 2019 at 8:39 am
Appreciate your comment Dale. Fair point indeed.
May 16, 2019 at 9:33 pm
Ah, but are you being super clever – about who Tiffany really is? Did I spot the clue in the Levis, Boss and Nike line? Or am I seeing something that isn’t there? 🙂
Susan A Eames at
Travel, Fiction and Photos
May 17, 2019 at 4:55 pm
Thanks Susan – wish I was super clever ! But no – I chose Tiffany as a type of first name, perhaps denoting a certain type of person, as the word count makes us use ‘short hand’, so to speak.
May 16, 2019 at 8:20 pm
Did they have to do this in the swimming pool! At least cash the ring in for some money 😉
May 17, 2019 at 5:03 pm
Thanks for your comment. Guess I could imagine what a weird scene it would be – breaking up there.
May 16, 2019 at 7:41 pm
Lots of stuff happening before. at the side of, and after this. And, of course, we believe we know exactly what it is that’s happening in your clever white spaces. But that may only be because we believe we’ve heard this story before. We may not be right
May 17, 2019 at 5:12 pm
Thanks so much Neil – just love your comment. I did write a longer version first, to get into their skins, then edit it down.
May 16, 2019 at 5:22 pm
She’s so very tough on him
May 17, 2019 at 5:30 pm
Thanks for your comment Larry. Yes, she’s angry. Wonder if she’ll change her mind ?