I’m a happily married man with two adorable kids. I’m standing here, in front of the magnificent Kelpies. I remember the first time I brought my kids here. Little Brody clung to my legs, terrified. Cora’s eyes were huge in her little face as she gazed up at the massive sculptures. I came here alone today. The kids are in London with their Mom.
The day’s overcast. I’m meeting McKenzie, the woman I’d gotten off on a murder charge due to lack of evidence. She’s a stunning woman who married a man twenty years her senior. His family had always believed that she’d married him for his money and that she was responsible for his death. From all appearances, he’d died of a heart attack. There appeared to be no foul play. When she received the not guilty verdict, his family was visibly upset and fought bitterly to contest his will which left everything to her.
“Hello, Counselor,” her voice interrupts my thoughts. I turn to face her, my heart pounding. “I was worried you wouldn’t show.”
I swallow hard. “I almost didn’t.”
“I’m glad you did,” she says as she walks away. I follow.
We head for the hotel.
200 Words
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My jaw dropped. He’s gonna cheat on his wife. The woman obviously knows how to pick her victims.
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Yes, unfortunately, he is. And you’re right about McKenzie. Maybe she was culpable in her husband’s death.
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What an appropriate place for him to meet her for their illicit rendezvous. It seems she has some special magic that would charm him away from his good life!
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Yes, it was the perfect place for her to lure him into something he will definitely regret doing.
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Sad story…
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Yes, it is.
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Seduced by his very own Kelpie! Very well written 🙂
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Exactly! Thanks, Iain 🙂
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Extremely intrguing. Very well written story.
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Thanks, Neel 🙂
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Acquitted and her counsellor had an alliance, why else were they meeting? Why create a smoke screen of being happily married.?
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Yes, this can only end badly for him.
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The femme fatale strikes again.
Powerful and sad, clever use of the children to heighten the folly of adultery.
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Yes, she does. Thanks Ceayr 🙂
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Only an ungrateful, greedy person will be happily married, and still commit adultery. He probably did the job free… Or not, because it seems he’s getting ‘laid’.
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I believe that this is the first time they are meeting for illicit reasons. She paid for his defense with her deceased husband’s money. He should not have shown up. In fact, he should have been with his family instead.
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