Half Lies and Tacit Inventories

by THX 0477

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“Where are you going?” These are not the words Dai wanted to hear at this particular moment. Why did she have to be home early today of all days?

“Out,” he offered with a shrug.

“Out where?” she pressed with measured incredulity, all the while maintaining a casual sort of air, as if this wasn’t an interrogation but an innocent conversation.

Though he wanted the argue her justification in questioning his every move, Dai knew full well this would only be turned back on him as if he were hiding something. But, fair enough, he was hiding something. He was hiding lots of things, years and years worth of quiet resentment, a thousand tiny inequalities gone unaddressed.

But, as he often did, Dai lied, “It was supposed to be a surprise.” This was a half lie, as his departure would have been a surprise. But it also worked, as he did on occasion bring her little surprises, not that she noticed or seemed to appreciate any of them.

“Oh,” she said brightly, “Let me give you the grocery list then.”

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Average Reader Rating: 4.0 stars out of 5

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    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted 8 months ago

    Okay, I feel like a bit of a ponzer (and I don’t even know what that word means) doing a sequel to the featured ficlet, but it just spoke to me, and I had to do it. And, um, the devil made me do it?

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    SKermitgorf's Buddy Icon SKermitgorf

    Posted 8 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Excellent Sequel your Grand Awesomeness. Dai is a really good character, he has a mysterious side.. Cool way to get read sequeling the featured ficlet.. lol.. Devil made you do it eh.
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    SKermitgorf's Buddy Icon SKermitgorf

    Posted 8 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Don’t know what a ponzer is.. unless you meant to put a A and you’re a German tank lol.
    Maybe a ponzer is one who sequels featured ficlets.
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    Blusparrow's Buddy Icon Blusparrow

    Posted 8 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    I liked it!
    and I agree with Kermitgorf, I give him a mysterious side. You definitly put a different seuquel to it then what I would of thought it to be.

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    stylorouge's Buddy Icon stylorouge

    Posted 8 months ago

    Excellent job with character development. Who knows where Dai will end up? Foreign Legion? South Pacific? Thailand? French Riviera? Can’t wait to see what he decides to do after reaching the coast.

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    Posted 8 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Ouch.. sucks his mom came home.. Wonder how she’ll feel when he doesn’t come back. Or if he will actually leave.
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