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This week’s prompt is… those special berries… +100 words
PI or PIE
“Frankie? You can’t walk in—what do you want? Rocky’s on his way home.”
“I miss you, Babe—us.”
“We’re done, remember? Get out.” Rose rolled the pastry around her rolling-pin. Frankie gawked with starving eyes.
“Leave now and I’ll make your favorite.”
“Deal. Cherry?”
Rose rubbed her nose, leaving a trail of flour on her cheek. “It’ll be at our old hiding place in two hours.”
Frankie grabbed for her.
“Don’t.” She jerked away, holding out the dough like a shield. “Go!”
A handful of those special berries and I’ll shake you once and for all. You won’t ever eat pie again.
© 2014 TAK
How the Cookie Crumbles 
December 9, 2014 at 2:54 pm
I see that i chose the perfect moment for my afternoon break! Sounds like Frankie has had it coming for a while. Huge hugs, Tess. ❤ 😀
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December 9, 2014 at 3:13 pm
I guess she’s tired of him. 😀
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December 9, 2014 at 3:04 pm
Love the ending!!
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December 9, 2014 at 3:14 pm
I better stop killing off characters. 😀 😀
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December 9, 2014 at 3:29 pm
OOh a sinister twist, lovely.
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December 9, 2014 at 3:58 pm
Ha! I’ll bet he doesn’t…….
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December 9, 2014 at 4:31 pm
Well done, Tess! It amazes me how much emotion and back story you can pack into a story in so few words.
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December 10, 2014 at 4:32 pm
Thank you, Naomi, for reading and for your kind comment. I appreciate your support. ❤ ❤
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December 9, 2014 at 4:39 pm
I have no idea how you do it. A few lines and boing…there is a story. Not just that, it’s although entertaining. I need 100 words just in the subject line. Must be that language thing 🙂
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December 10, 2014 at 4:34 pm
Thanks so much. Your kind words have bowled me over. I have a new spring in my step. ❤ ❤
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December 9, 2014 at 6:09 pm
I’m not eating anything you offer up! 😉
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December 10, 2014 at 4:37 pm
You’re safe unless I’m having an affair with you and we broke up, and you’re becoming a pest. 😀
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December 11, 2014 at 9:37 am
We’d better not break up then 😉
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December 11, 2014 at 1:46 pm
😀 😀 😀
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December 9, 2014 at 6:53 pm
It is amazing how quickly your words pull a reader in…excellent!
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December 10, 2014 at 4:41 pm
Thanks so much, kind sir. I’m pleased you enjoyed the read.
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December 9, 2014 at 7:32 pm
Oh this was a good one Tess.😁 Nothing says lovin…😆
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December 10, 2014 at 4:42 pm
😀 😀 😀
Thank YOU, Geraldine. Glad you liked this.
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December 9, 2014 at 8:43 pm
LOL – you are exercising your dark side!! I hope Frankie really is a bad guy and not just a lovesick loser.
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December 10, 2014 at 4:48 pm
I feel he’s a pain in the A$$, the hanging on kind. Anyway, she’s married, the silly goose.
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December 9, 2014 at 9:05 pm
It made me laugh. Now, what does that say about me. Good writing!
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December 10, 2014 at 4:50 pm
Good you laughed. Sometimes a girl’s gotta do, what a girl’s gotta do,, especially since she is already married. 😮
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December 9, 2014 at 9:25 pm
Ooh, she’s a nasty one. Isn’t there an easier way to get rid of this guy? For me, one taste of my pie and he’d be looking elsewhere.
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December 10, 2014 at 4:56 pm
😀 😀 😀
Those special berries (mistletoe) are easier for her. He’s found a good thing and has been milking it, but she wants out. Anyway, she’s married.
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December 9, 2014 at 9:55 pm
Oh, Rose is my kinda girl I like her. Thinks on her feet and everything. Lovely one Tess.
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December 10, 2014 at 4:58 pm
Thank you, Val. This one gave me the giggles. I rooted for Rose as well. 😀 😀 😀 She gets her man in more ways than one. 🙂
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December 9, 2014 at 10:20 pm
Another Tess Cliff Hanger Special. Bravo!
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December 10, 2014 at 4:59 pm
😀 😀 😀
Dang, I was passing by and heard these two arguing. What can I say? 😀
Thank you, Rebecca.
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December 9, 2014 at 10:40 pm
A surprise ending Tess! Wonderful twist.
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December 10, 2014 at 5:01 pm
Ha ha. This wasn’t intended as a twist. It was meant to serve a purpose by the means at hand. 😀 😀 😀
Thanks, Sue, for reading and for your wonderful words. ❤
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December 10, 2014 at 1:33 am
You really are a specialist for these shorties… make me a cherry pie pleeeaaaasssee!
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December 10, 2014 at 5:06 pm
Cherry pies are only for guys I want to break up with and who won’t go away. Anyway. What else can a girl do when she already has a husband but make a pie with mistletoe berries??
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December 10, 2014 at 2:34 am
Go get him Rose!
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December 10, 2014 at 5:08 pm
😀 😀 Yep, Rose was handed an answer to her problem by the guy himself. Talk about irony. 😀 😀
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December 10, 2014 at 5:47 am
Uhm……does Rose bake for EVERYONE she gets tired of? Or just grabby men she’s done with? I mean….what about coffee friends and such???? Just in case…..
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December 10, 2014 at 5:12 pm
Oh sure, but she doesn’t lace them with berries from the mistletoe. 😀
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December 10, 2014 at 7:48 pm
Well, okay then….. I think. Unless YOU are actually Rose and I can’t trust that answer……
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December 11, 2014 at 1:08 pm
😀 😀 😀
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December 10, 2014 at 4:24 pm
Yikes, there I thought it was going to be the rolling pin doing some damage…too bad, cherry pie is my favourite 😛 You’ve served up yet another delicious flash Tess, very tasty indeed 🙂 🙄 😀
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December 10, 2014 at 8:33 pm
Those berries are sounding very ominous! 🙂
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December 11, 2014 at 1:14 pm
Oh yeah! 😮
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December 11, 2014 at 12:38 am
Brilliant as always dear Tess 💖
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December 11, 2014 at 1:31 pm
Not so sure about THAT, but I do appreciate your kind words and most of all for reading and commenting afterwards. ❤
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December 12, 2014 at 1:55 am
💞
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December 12, 2014 at 10:14 am
❤ ❤
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December 11, 2014 at 2:26 am
When I started reading, I thought maybe Rose was some sweet young woman. But that ending changed that. Now I think she’s a witch. 😉
Good story, Tess.
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December 11, 2014 at 1:35 pm
Love her or hate her, she’s going to remove the irritant in her life.
She’s a bad girl to start with. She’s already and still married.
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December 12, 2014 at 8:52 am
Here’s my version; http://nowthatyoucanhearme.wordpress.com/2014/12/12/those-special-berries-100-word-challenge-wk-158/ ! Cheers. ~(~_*)~~
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December 13, 2014 at 9:28 am
Actually, I cannot take credit for the 100-Word Challenge for Grownups.. It belongs to and originated from
http://jfb57.wordpress.com/2014/12/08/100-word-challenge-for-grown-ups-week158/
You might try clicking on the link and posting your submission at her site and meeting more participants. 🙂 🙂
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December 12, 2014 at 2:20 pm
Oh, I could smell a murder-about-to-happen in the first line! Love it! You got a little Roald Dahl “Lamb to the Slaughter” wickedness in this one.
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December 13, 2014 at 9:35 am
😀 😀 😀
I wear many cloaks (don’t like hats).
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December 12, 2014 at 9:42 pm
When a woman says, ‘It’s over,’ well… you’d best believe it’s over!
I guess he’ll get his just desserts…
Great job, Tess!
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December 13, 2014 at 11:01 am
Just desserts can be a killer. 😀 😀
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