She looked at the face she’d seen every day for six years staring down at her. She felt his warm breath against her cheek quicken as he leant closer. Her body stiffened, as his hand reached under her pyjamas.
She closed her eyes, holding on tighter to her teddy bear.
(c) Sanch V @ Sanch Writes (7 June 2017)
Anusha
7 June 2017 at 11:19 pmUnexpected take on the prompt. Disturbing too.
Sara
8 June 2017 at 3:56 amOh, this is painful but happens for real… wish I could pull out the hand.
Patricia
8 June 2017 at 5:52 amPowerful, but so horrendous it sticks with you. Well done with the prompt!
Danielle
8 June 2017 at 11:18 amVery powerful, Sanch! I like how I didn’t know until the very end that the protagonist was a child. Then the gravity of it really shook me.
Sreesha
8 June 2017 at 12:51 pmOh that was like a punch in the gut. Wish I could do something to help the girl.
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Kalpana solsi
8 June 2017 at 2:46 pmChild abuse goes unnoticed and wrecks the young bud. The cruel hand has to be punished.
A different take on the prompt.
http://ideasolsi65.blogspot.in/2017/06/hand.html?m=1
Rachna
8 June 2017 at 2:50 pmThis was so sad. It went from beautiful to sick in a few words.
Lata Sunil
8 June 2017 at 3:42 pmYou captured the tension so well in few lines. Hope the girl gave it back good.
Beat About the Book
8 June 2017 at 4:17 pmThis really hit hard. How very terrible for the little child.
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Eli
8 June 2017 at 10:31 pmOhhhhh yeeeek… Made me feel sad and mad… superwell written though…
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Varad
9 June 2017 at 12:12 amOk. This was super disturbing. Makes me want to use my hand to thrash that creep. A well written story. Cheers
Parul
15 June 2017 at 2:49 amOh that was sad and hit hard. 🙁
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