I look at our flag fluttering in the wind.
We’re the Home of the brave and land of the free, they say. Sadly, I’m neither of the two. My husband is a pile of trash, and the trash smells better. I despise him and his ways with me. However, I am bound in matrimony to him, as decided by our families. Five years ago, I wasn’t brave enough to say no and nor am I brave enough to do it now. However, what if bravery can win me my freedom?
I grip the kitchen-knife tighter as I hear him enter…
Word Count: 100
Prompt:
Friday Fictioneers 5th July 2019
PHOTO PROMPT © J Hardy Carroll
The Dark Netizen 
Freedom does come with a hefty price tag.
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True that, Varad! 🙂
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This is intense!
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Thank You! 😀
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To do as others want of you is, of course, the easy option. Even when fenced around with words like respect, honour, obligation. And it takes a huge dose of bravery to break out, a dose that might be drained from you for the rest of your life.
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How true! 🙂
It takes so much to go against the flow that has been pushing you for so long!
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You know it, I know it. But it’s the only way to break free
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Agreed! 🙂
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Drastic measures!
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Desperate times! 😉
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Probably trading one kind of slavery for another. Sad, well=written.
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That would be true, yes!
But maybe lesser of the two evils.
Thank You, Granonine! 😀
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Oy vey!
And this made me think of this song …
Na’ama
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I can’t seem to be able to follow or copy the link, Na’ama!
Could you please give me the name of the song? I would like to listen to it! 🙂
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Martina McBride “Independence Day”
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Awesome! 🙂
On it now!
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Every worm turns, at some point.
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So true, Sandra! 🙂
Thanks for reading! 😀
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The day when one way ends and another begins. Good story!
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Thanks so much! 😀
Hopefully the new day brings in good stuff! 🙂
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You’re welcome and yes 🙂
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Exchanging one prison for another it seems.
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It probably will end up that way!
But maybe this would be a prison of her choice! 🙂
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I hope she can find a better way to get free from his tyranny. So sad…
My take on this week’s challenge: https://dbmcnicol.com/friday-fictioneers-declaration/
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I hope she does! 🙂
I loved your take on the challenge!
Dark! 🙂
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Decision has been made. Freedom from matrimony awaits. What next? Could there have been a better way to freedom?
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There could have been a better way, yes! 🙂
But in all that pressure it often becomes hard to see that way!
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Good twist ending line 🙂 So much conveyed in so few words.
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Thanks so much, Tom! 😀
Glad you liked it! 🙂
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I hope she’s only peeling a potato – if not, there surely has to be a better way to escape.
My tale – The Flag
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Definitely may include peeling. But not a potato! 😉
Ageed, not the best way out.
Your tale is a well written tragedy!
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Wow! really powerful and heart wrenching stuff. Brilliantly done; the land of the free my arse!
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Thanks so much! 🙂
Sadly, no land is ever free!!
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The queen owns all our land
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I hope there is enough element of self-defense for her to find some freedom
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She will find her freedom, but it probably will be short lived! 😦
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What a price to pay
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Very steep! 😦
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So sad. But, it’s too high a price for her to have to pay. I hope she finds another way to break free. Well written story!
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Thanks so much, Brenda! 🙂
It is a high price, but maybe she thinks it’s worth it…
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Kitchen knife, eh??! I’m A-positive that he’s going to B-negative soon. 😳
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Hahaha!! XD
Nice one! 😉
Yep, I think he’ll be bleeding out soon enough!!
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I hope she is making soup.Better to get out than confront the evil that ties you to hell.
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Desperate people take desperate measures. Well written and sad.
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She must be suffering terrible physical mistreatment to resort to this way of fighting back. Whether she survives or not depends on the country she’s in and/or the element of surprise. A good and well-written story, DN. —- Suzanne
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Thanks so much, Suzanne! 🙂
You are right, it does depend on where she is. Maybe she’ll never be caught!
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One can only be pushed so far and then one must find one’s own freedom. Well done!
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