Welcome to Tuesday Tales. This week is picture prompt week. I've chosen the picture above. We are only allowed 300 words on picture prompt weeks, so it takes extra skill to write something meaningful that's so short. Thanks for coming! Scroll down to return to Tuesday Tales for the other stories.
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Maggie climbed the subway stairs, anxious to reach the
street and fresh air. The heat of summer heightened the rancid, putrid smells
of the station. She needed fresh air. Once at the street level, she glanced
around, looking for a bench. She found an old sofa, waiting to be tossed and
collapsed down onto it. Fishing in her little handbag, she pulled out a hanky. Maggie
thought about the day. She’d had three job interviews but no offers.
Tears formed. Did she have to beg for a job? So humiliating.
Where would she get forty dollars, her share of the rent? She covered her face
with her hand as the big, wet drops rolled down her cheeks.
“What here?” a masculine voice called. “Miss? You in
trouble?”
She looked up. A chauffeur in a shiny black car peered out passenger
window.
“I beg your pardon?” she asked.
“I asked was you in trouble.”
“No sir.”
“Then whatcha cryin’ for?”
“Nothing that concerns you.”
“Such a pretty lass to be so sad,” he said, shaking his
head.
“None of your business.”
The man reached down inside the car.
She wished he’d go. “Don’t you have somewhere to be?”
“Mebbe.”
Staring at her hands, she prayed he’d leave.
“Come here.”
She shook her head.
“Come here. Come on. Not gonna kidnap you or anything.”
“What you want?”
He motioned her over. Curiosity gripped her. She approached
his vehicle slowly.
“Maybe this’ll help,” he said, waving two twenty-dollar
bills.
“What do you think I’m gonna do for those?”
“Nothin,” he said, starting the motor. “Thought they might
make you smile.”
She snatched the money and stepped back. He put the car in
gear and with a wave of his hand he was off. She didn’t even get his name.
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Oh the poor thing. Thankfully a kind stranger showed up to help her out!Lovely snippet.
ReplyDeleteAha! Palpable emotions, I love his initial kindness to her.
ReplyDeleteAwww! I love seeing random acts of kindness in action - even when its in a fictional tale. I loved it!
ReplyDeleteOh, I really hope she runs into him again! The descriptions made the story come to life. Great job!
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