January 27, 2016

By Heart

By Kat Myrman

 

PHOTO PROMPT © Jan W. Fields

 
Eleanor would miss the wooden floors that moaned under her steps and the warm smells that filled the kitchen, wafting to the chamber room hallways through the dumbwaiter shaft.

She scanned the room, eyes stinging as she held back salty tears.

The spinet was all that remained. It would stay. The new owners had fallen in love with it, offering a fetching sum in addition to paying the asking price. Besides, it was too bulky to move.

“One more song for the road?” Her fingers knew every note by heart. She closed her eyes and imagined him listening.

kat ~ 27 January 2016
(98 Words)

A bit late for the challenge but this photo byJan W. Fields spoke a story to me. There is a new photo and stories waiting to be told this week. Thank you to Rochelle Wiseoff-Fields for each week’s Friday Fictioneer Story Prompt inspiration. You can read other stories HERE.

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