It had been ages since Andrea had been home. And this trip wasn’t her idea. She had just spoken to Granny few weeks before…bright and chipper as always. Death never comes to call at opportune times. Granny’s passing meant only one thing. As the only surviving relative, this place would be hers.
She had no intention of moving back. Andrea had made a life for herself in the city. Once the deed was in her name she’d be flipping this old termite trap for a nice downpayment on a penthouse condo. She knew the one. She’d had her eye on it for a while.
This morning’s reading of the will would make it official. “Act respectful, Andrea…don’t be too excited,” she chided herself.
The attorney’s monotone voice burned her ears, as all color drained from her face, “to my dear Betty, I leave all my worldly possessions…”
kat ~ 29 September 2015
(149 Words)
FFfAW (Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers) Weekly Photo Prompt. Click HERE for more info. Thanks to Louise from Storyteller’s Abode for this week’s photo!
like mercury colliding... 
September 29th, 2015 at 10:00 pm
Wait, who is Betty, what happened!!!
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September 29th, 2015 at 10:01 pm
Haha! Apparently only Granny Knew! Haha!
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September 29th, 2015 at 10:02 pm
Kat!! can’t there be a follow up hahaha
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September 29th, 2015 at 10:07 pm
I’m sorry. I feel a bit naughty for writing the ending as I did on this one! 😉
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September 29th, 2015 at 10:08 pm
ha ha I thought ok it is the nice sister, her aunt. you got me!!awesome cliff hanger
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September 29th, 2015 at 10:13 pm
Hahaha! Loved it! Who is Betty? Her cat? LOL! Great story, I enjoyed it. Thank you for participating in FFfAW Challenge!
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September 29th, 2015 at 10:16 pm
Haha. This story was so much fun to write! The cat! That would be a good guess! 😊
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September 29th, 2015 at 10:17 pm
I think it would be fun to write!
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September 29th, 2015 at 11:40 pm
Good for Granny. She wasn’t going to be taken for granted and leave her house to someone who did not appreciate it. 🙂
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September 30th, 2015 at 5:07 am
Yep! She had the final say! 😊
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September 30th, 2015 at 1:19 am
No more condo for Andrea…LOL. I bet she’ll search high and low to find out who Betty is. 😀 I enjoyed it! 😉
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September 30th, 2015 at 5:08 am
No doubt! 😊
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September 30th, 2015 at 8:29 am
Oh, there’s a surprise lesson for Andrea about being nice to your relatives – and not counting your chickens before they’re hatched! Maybe if she’d visited old Granny more often, she would have known about Betty, for one thing!
You do a great job of building it up from her perspective, how she thinks it’s totally reasonable to be annoyed by this trip and excited about her inheritance instead of grieving over her grandmother’s death.
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September 30th, 2015 at 9:26 am
Thank you…working with a word limit definitely pushes one to be succinct and focused in the telling of a story! I love these challenges! 🙂
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September 30th, 2015 at 2:49 pm
Great story, great ending. Who knows?….maybe Betty was granny’s housekeeper! Nonetheless, Andrea won’t be bothered with the “old termite trap” now! Good for granny. 🙂
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September 30th, 2015 at 3:07 pm
There have been several theories here in the comments. I think my favorite one is that Betty is Granny’s cat!!! 😀
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September 30th, 2015 at 10:58 pm
Loved it. Very surprising ending. Either granny had a girlfriend or a pet named Betty. Funny ending. 🙂
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October 1st, 2015 at 4:26 am
Thanks Susan! This was a fun one!
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October 3rd, 2015 at 4:43 pm
Well, I’m glad Andrea got nothing in her Granny’s will. It doesn’t sound as though she’d been very a very caring granddaughter, and rarely kept in touch. But for Granny to have passed her over in favour of Betty is intriguing. Leaving us with the question of Who is Betty? is a great way for your story to end.
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October 3rd, 2015 at 5:57 pm
Who is Betty…the reader’s imagines are much better than anything I could have penned! 😊
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October 3rd, 2015 at 7:09 pm
Readers’ thoughts and speculations are always great! They can vary so much and make things a lot of fun.
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