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Go Girly; Girly Gone

I take one last look in the mirror, “I hate you.”

“Speak up or come out here, honey,” she chides sweetly.

With reluctant steps I enter our bedroom and approach where she is seated in the bedside chair, struggling with an unruly pair of nylons, “I’m going to show you something, and I don’t want you to go all girly, okay.”

The box is behind my back, so she asks, “What are you going to show me.”

I start to take a knee but think better of it, though I feel compelled to explain, “Look, I was going to kneel just for convenience, but I think that would only muddy the issue.” Too late. I’ve let the box come into view.

Her eyes light up, and a hand goes to her delicate mouth. Yep, she’s gone all girly. I can almost hear her heart pounding. Reason escapes me, as it often does in her presence. I open the box and show her.

All the girly leaves her in an instant. Her rosey cheeks go pale. Her magnificent eyes turn dull. My heart aches.

“Babe,” she asks, “why is there a finger in that box?”

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Saint Chuck
Posted 2 months ago

Now that is one twist that I was not expecting. Poor girl, that must have been one hell of a shock for her. Great stuff.
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someday_93
Posted 2 months ago

poor girl! why a finger? eww….she’s expecting a proposal…and gets a finger? poor thing…
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thebetweenspace
Posted 2 months ago

A potent twist. I imagined a ring-finger with an engagement ring attached to it. Very shocking and creepy.
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Apostrophe
Posted 2 months ago

ha ha what a prank! thats kinda mean.. she was expecting a ring and what she got was a finger.. The poor girl.. hope she can handle disapointment..
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JMBauhaus
Posted 2 months ago

That’s harsh. Not to mention creepy. I really feel for the girl, but that’s a fantastic visual.
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OrangeOreos
Posted 2 months ago

Ahahaha!

Perhaps I have a stone heart, but that is one great prank!

But how did the finger get there?

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THX 0477
Posted 2 months ago

Just to clarify, as apparently I’m being obtuse lately, I didn’t mean this to be a prank. He tries to tell her not to expect what he knows she might expect. He knows it’s bad and tries to soften the blow. I don’t know why there’s a finger in the box either, but I didn’t mean it (um, the character didn’t mean it) as a sick joke.
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Stovohobo
Posted 2 months ago

I was thinking from the last ficlet that it could be a proposal, but then it was also talking about how he was really sorry for her that she had to be with him. So I didn’t think he would want to prolong that by marrying her.
Is he in the mafia? Bum bum bumm…
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Mistress Elsha Hawk
Posted 2 months ago

what a twist! didn’t expect that, in fact I missed the whole sequel until just now, like, weeks later, my apologies.