Saturday 10 May 2014

Legacy

Here is my 100 word take on Friday's Light and Shade Challenge prompt.  It was great fun, but I really, really regret setting 100 word challenges.

"Is that the post?" Estelle called.  "I thought it had already been."
Phil shrugged and picked up the envelope.  "It's from the solicitors."
Estelle jumped up.  Her rich, spiteful uncle had promised he would leave Estelle £1000 in his will.  She had been waiting for months. 
'Your legacy valued at £1000 is with this letter, according to the exact instructions of our late client.' The letter read.  Estelle turned the page over and over.  There was nothing. 
"He always was a skinflint." She said bitterly.

Unheeded in the wastepaper bin the perfect Penny Black sat smugly on the envelope.


9 comments:

  1. Gosh, serves her right! Like the twist in the ending, very well done in so few words.

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    1. Thank you - I'm really glad you liked it. WS xxx

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    1. I'm really glad you liked it. Thank you for commenting. Lyssa M x

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  3. Liked the story. Shame there was a 100 word limit. Would have loved more.

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    1. Thank you, that is incredibly flattering. Lyssa M x

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  4. That was divine justice, don't you think? It served her right, for it seems that if her poor dead uncle was a skinflint, she was certainly a greedy guts. I love your writing - it makes you ponder on it.

    God bless you,
    Cheryl

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  5. Great vignette of a couple of interesting characters - and the twist ending delighted me! - TM

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  6. Loved your story and the twist at the end. Well done! ♥

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