Yes, yes, I know it’s only Wednesday, but I have a busy schedule this week and I didn’t want to miss anything. And as Janet has so nicely provided the picture (great one at that), I wanted to get my story in.
Now most of you know the drill by now. We take a picture and write a 100 word story about that picture. It’s great fun and it helps to tighten your writing, so it’s a win-win challenge! If you would like to join us, just click on our hostess’s name, that would be Rochelle Wisoff-Fields, and you can read the few rules we try to uphold.
If you just want to read more great stories based from the same photo, click here and there you are! Read, enjoy, comment!
Gazing at her painting, he thought he captured her allure. His lady in red. His lady in distress.
Blonde hair piled high, red lips with just a hint of pout, a true beauty.
She told of a husband that didn’t love her, a stifling of life that didn’t suit her.
With a shimmer of tears in her eyes, she said she needed to be free.
He agreed to free her of her burdens, for a price.
Sipping the Sangria she loved so much, he wondered how she fared in prison.
As he was the undercover cop who put her there.
Life, Love & Strength 
I have a sense he was pleased with his work on both counts Jackie. Well told tale, enjoyed it very much.
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Thank you Michael. Have to keep those ladies honest you know. Glad you enjoyed it.
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Its a life times work Jackie!!
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Keeping the ladies honest? Or liking my writing? hahaha!
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Ah. yes.. sounds like a sweet revenge,,, very nice
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Thanks Bjorn!
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A bit devilish I think. Must learn not to talk so much. Good story Jackie.
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thank you Kim! Devilish is good sometimes. 😉
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Oh that was a cruel plot! But it ended well enough:)
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Yeah, I was feeling good so had a good ending. 🙂
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Good twist Jackie!
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Thank you Sandra!
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I have a feeling that pillowtalk might have betrayed her…. am I reading this right?
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That you are Helena, pillow talk will get you every time.
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Well that was a twist! 🙂
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Thanks! 🙂
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Yep,he got her alright;-) Well plotted 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
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🙂
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Seems like entrapment to me. She needs to be more careful in the men she hangs with.
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Nah, it was just a sting. It happens. In my world anyway. haha!
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An undercover cop masquerading as a portraitist–or vice versa–I suspect that’s rare in real life but very effective in the land of fiction. Good story with an unexpected twist at the end.
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Thank you vb! That’s the nice thing with fiction. We can stretch things a bit.
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This is one of my favorites. Great picture and love the fact that he was the undercover cop to catch her plotting murder. Very nice.
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I knew you would appreciate this one Maddie. 🙂 Thank you!
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beautiful twists! wonderfully executed, Jackie. 🙂
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thank you kz! 🙂
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Good story with a great surprise ending. Lucky husband, or maybe he suspected her and alerted the police.
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Could be that the husband did. Thanks for stopping in!
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Dear Jackie,
Oh snap! Quite a twist. Good one.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thank you Rochelle. 🙂
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A masterful sting operation by the famous “Painting Detective” of Scotland Yard 🙂
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There you go! Fantastic! 🙂
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One must be careful when enlisting help to do these dastardly deeds.
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For sure! You just never know who you are talking to. Glad you stopped in!
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Hahaha! YES! Reminds me of the kind of story Alfred Hitchcock used to do in the 1930’s before he was anybody. He would have filmed this one.
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Wow, high praise as I love Alfred Hitchcock. Thank you!
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He was awesome.
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Really clever Jackie – Good story and good for the cop that put her there! Serves her right. Thanks, Nan
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Thank you Nan, glad you stopping by.
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Trusted the wrong person, she did. I don’t like his smirk.
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There is always one person we put our trust in wrongly. Thanks for stopping by.
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Indeed! That is too true.
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You painted a portrait in words for that very picture. Well done. And, man, does that glass of sangria look tempting – who cares if it’s the middle of winter?!
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thank you Sammy.
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That’s how I thought I’d end up. 🙂 Great story. Can you tell I’m a bit behind. Maybe by March….
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I was beginning to wonder where you were. You doing ok? 🙂
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Too cool for school! Mucho loving that one 🙂
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Thank you Torbs 🙂
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