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Let Her Eat Cake
‘Happy birthday to you.’ The lights switched off as Aisha’s family and friends sang the hollow, happy tune. But Aisha didn't feel happy. Twenty two. Another year older. Another year closer to settling down, getting a nine to five job, locking into a life-binding contract with another human and becoming a baby manufacturing machine. Aisha wanted none of it, and yet it was closing in on her, waiting to suffocate her. She was enjoying the darkness of the room until her mother rounded the corner with a gigantic chocolate cake. It was topped with twenty two, perfectly spaced, bright candles. The one thing Aisha had requested for her birthday had been ignored. She had asked for no cake. Her family knew how much she hated it. The taste. The texture. And yet here one was, walking toward her, glaringly bright in the darkness, like the light of death was coming toward her. And it was being served by her mother with a smile on her face. A smile made demonic by the candles that shadowed it.
By Chloe Anne4 years ago in Fiction
A Sea of Colour
Bianca swam in the shallow tropical waters searching for colour, but all she could see was white. No life. Only a graveyard of bleached coral. Even the water, usually vibrant and blue was muted and ashy. Like her marriage, her surroundings were colourless and dull. Her husband hadn’t touched her in years and to be honest, Bianca wasn’t interested in touching him. The lustre of their marriage had worn off years ago. That’s why they had taken this vacation together, to bring colour back into their lives.
By Chloe Anne4 years ago in Fiction
Four Minutes and Fifty Nine Seconds
Whenever you are struggling to make a decision, just remember the simple ‘five by five’ rule! The self proclaimed self-help guru said on his vlog as he holds up an open palm. If it doesn’t matter in five years, don’t spend five minutes thinking about it!
By Chloe Anne4 years ago in Fiction
