Reputation Intact

Friday Fictioneers is a weekly blog link-up led by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields at Addicted to Purple. The Challenge – write a one hundred word story with a beginning, middle, and end inspired by the picture*. The Key – make every word count.

*Image ©  ceayr

Jason took the blindfold off Sandra. She gasped at the house before her, complete with a red bow on the door.

“You bought us the Murder House?” Sandra playfully punched Jason.
“Happy Anniversary!” Jason kissed Sandra’s cheek.
“I could kill you.”
“Don’t let the house hear you say that.”

Ten years prior, the previous owners were murdered inside. The crime was never solved.

On their third date Sandra had mentioned to Jason she fancied the house and dreamed of being the amateur sleuth who solved the mystery. She came close, but the house is back on the market: reputation intact.

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100 words. Feedback is appreciated. Click below to read other creative contributions to this week’s Friday Fictioneers photo prompt.

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