“Keep that phone aside when I am talking to you,”
“Why don’t you understand? I am happy and successful, doing
what I like.”
“And what about marriage?”
“What about it? Why the urgency?”
“Oh dear God. I curse this lockdown. If not for this, you
would still have been working in that stable job.”
“Which I despised. From the core of my being. Thanks to
lockdown and remote working, I could finally start my own pet-care venture.
What’s not to love?”
“But you …”
“No buts.”
“This isn’t a normal job.”
“Never wanted one.”'
“Hey, don’t you walk away …”
Note: This 100-word micro-fiction written ENTIRELY using dialogues ONLY and gender-independent on both roles, has been penned for the Covid Crazies 2021 Edition of the Blogging from A-Z Challenge. The entire list of 2021 posts can be accessed here.
Freedom..so wish .. vision n guts ! -AA
ReplyDeleteGood one.
ReplyDeleteThis is a unique one Deepa. Leaving it to the reader's imagination to choose whichever gender the reader wants to plug-in! Other than that lockdown has opened up several new opportunities for people with a vision for life!
ReplyDeleteChoices,chances,changes!! Reflecting hope {••...••}
ReplyDeleteInteresting..to grab the once in a lifetime opportunity to follow one's heart.
ReplyDeleteFamiliar dialogues, the changing and crucial times and some new pastures possibly.
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