Past And Present

“I watched the vulture looking at me hungrily as I lay on the ground bleeding and injured.”

Picture Prompt : Mondays Finish The Story

Next, I saw myself building a pretty sand-castle on the beach when my boyfriend got violent, pushed and jabbed me and destroyed my castle.

Picture Prompt : Blog-A-Rhythm

Then, I saw myself as a victim of a bad marriage where my husband treated me like refuse and I was praying to God to take me away.

Picture Prompt : Magpie Tales

No More Tears

When she saw him get up in the middle of the rainy night and found him driving away in his car, she was suspicious and followed him in her car.

When he stopped at a building, she overheard his greasy conversation.

PHOTO PROMPT- Friday Fictioneers -© Rochelle Wisoff-Fields

In his car, he had stacked illegal drugs amounting to millions of dollars, sure to gift tears and hellish lives to many families.

She found tears welling up her eyes that she trusted this criminal, but those tears soon got washed away in the rain.

Carousel

She had early childhood memories of going round in a carousel.

The pace was leisurely and she had loved the merry-go-round and waved whenever she crossed her mom.

As a young lady when she went to the newest amusement park and tried out the carousel, she didn't find it merry as she was terrified.

PHOTO PROMPT - Friday Fictioneers- © Ted Strutz

Nautilus Nacre

“Now this is living the life of Riley.”

Picture-Prompt- Mondays Finish The Story- © 2015, Barbara W. Beacham

The day his mom died, Parlanath aka Pearl found a cat, whom he named Riley.
As Riley always acted like his mother and absorbed his attention, Parlanath was certain that Riley was his own mother's parting gift for him.
He showered her with lots of love and care.