Benoy sat impatiently as Arosi tried the nth shoe.
‘Don’t you have anything good here.? These are all so….common’, said Arosi to the salesman. ‘Common….Huh,’ Benoy thought, ‘as if she was born in royalty. She was a common girl from Khargulli when I had picked her up, trained her and made into a star and look at her histrionics now’, he thought.
The star stuck salesman had meanwhile run away to get another pair of stilettos. For him Arosi was the ideal. From a lowly background she had stuck gold, she was the hope of millions like him.
‘Stupid boy, this is what I wanted,’ holding the red stilettos,’Why did you show me the cheap ones earlier’.
The salesman though, didn’t like the way she spoke and thought , ‘Even If I became rich and powerful I will never lose my humility’ while Benoy was thinking, ‘Fame and money destroys the best of people’.
(155 words)
This story is written for the 176th Flash fiction for Aspiring writers. The challenge is to write a story on the picture prompt for 100-150 words (+- 25 words). Thanks to Priceless Joy for hosting the challenge. Thanks also to Yinglan who provided this weeks picture.
Despite the limitation of the number of words, you have injected a nice moral in this excellent story.
Thank you mama
Well, money makes many things. Nice one, Bhagyashree.
Thank you Varad
The last line is so true. I’ve seen mediocre people making the moolah who beat their drums to an arrogant level. This story tells so much in so less, Bhagyashree.
Thanks for the comment Vishal
It sure does 😦
Isn’tit?😣
It’s nice when you find the odd wealthy person who has managed to remain humble. It doesn’t happen often.
True
That is so true – fame and money usually does spoil those people and she certainly is one of those. Great story! Welcome to the FFfAW challenge!
Thank you Priceless Joy
Liked your message at the end.
God that u liked it
You meant glad right?
Right.