By Stephen A Abell
Copyright: 3rd May 2017
Number Of Words: 300
He loved this website.
Since his best friend gave him the address he'd visited every day. From all the available girls, Lil’Daisy was his favourite. She was twenty-something though wore her hair in two pigtails and along with her soft sweet voice this gave her the glamour of being younger. No doubt that’s what the punters wanted… but not him. Her vivid blue eyes were the attraction, he envisioned diving into them to float and drift for hours.
His hands were sweating… his heart palpitating… as he typed one word and one punctuation into the message box and hit send... and it felt as though he were having a heart attack - Private?
Yes - flashed the reply in the chat box - Private 500 tokens. True Private 1000 tokens.
He typed in - 1000 - in the token box and hit the mouse button. The gift was underway.
Thirty seconds later, he alone was drinking in her beauty. She lifted the tablet and asked the screen, “Do you want to spin the wheel of chance? It decides what we do… or do you have something special in mind?”
Anything would be good; he just wanted to be with her for a little while.
- Spin
The wheel on the tablet whirled; the options were a blur.
As the wheel slowed he noticed only two choices… a shiver ran down his back.
LIVE
DIE
What the hell?
The wheel slowed… slowed… stopped.
DIE
Before he could type anything, Lil’Daisy brought a knife up to her throat and in one graceful movement, she sliced deep, severing the jugular.
Transfixed, he watched as blood jetted in wild arcs from the wound and her life drowned in her eyes of blue.
The screen went blank then a notice filled the sudden void.
This Model Is No Longer Available!
Afterword:
I am a member of the wonderful writer's website writing.com - WdC to the enlightened. If you are a writer of any style, be it, poetry, stories, essays, etc. then I would highly recommend the site.
After being away from WdC for a few years I dared to venture back and try my hand and a few contests to see if I could unblock my writer's mind and imagination. I love the Daily Flash Fiction Challenge as it really makes you work to produce something of substance. The judge sets the prompt, which is usually three random words - in the case of the above story they were Notice; Daisy; Wheel. Then all I had to do was write a story - with a beginning, a middle, and an ending in three-hundred words or less.
That last bit is the kicker as it's so short a word limit I always overshoot the target. Though this is the other reason I love the contest as it makes you reread the story and edit out elements of the story, all the while you're trying to keep the context, the flow, and the power of the tale. It's a wonderful skill to learn.
This story was in the back of my mind after reading about the "Blue Whale" game that is supposedly going on with teens, where they are dared to keep hurting themselves until their last dare where they are commanded to commit suicide. I just couldn't believe that teens would fall for this but maybe their lives are so bad this way out seems like a good thing. Anyway, that story kicked off the idea for the above story, which I hoped you enjoyed.
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