Welcome to Friday Fictioneers where each week close to 100 people participate in a flash fiction challenge based on a photo prompt.
This week’s photo: Copyright: The Reclining Gentleman
And now my 100 word story:
George walked to the harbor near his office. He had a lot of thinking to do and the breeze off the bay always helped. He loved his wife, without question, and would never leave her, but the young intern was becoming increasingly desirable.
When his partner introduced them he took George aside and asked him “to leave this one alone” and so far George had, but her youth and eagerness were becoming irresistible.
The more he thought about it the closer he was to making a decision. This young woman deserved a promotion and he was the one that was going to give it to her.
The Day After 
Dawn… I smell trouble for both George and the intern… let me spell it out:
D-O-N-T D-O I-T… so often that desire will work against you and you end up the looser.
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I do too and believe me if I had another 500 words or so George would find out.
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Scoundrel! ;-). I’d like to her the rest of those 500 words!
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In my mind George doesn’t credit this young woman for being as clever as she is. She is very aware of her allure and a small promotion is not what she is after.
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A BIG promotion then? 😉
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Lol..yes.
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“Give it to her”…aye, sounds as if he’d like to…lol.
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I love that line too! I know, I am bad, but its funny and fumy trumps good every time!
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Sounds like he might have done it before since he was warned off ‘this one’. Great story.
Claire
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Thank you Claire.
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I agree with Claire. I don’t think he knows how to “leave it alone”. I worked for someone like that …. Well done.
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I think we have all known someone like that.
Thank you.
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Never fails. Her beauty increased tenfold the moment he was told to stay away! Big applause, friend. I enjoyed the smile.
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Yup…and thank you.
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Dawn,
I like where the prompt took you this week. Good story.
All my best,
Marie Gail
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Thanks MG
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I imagine the warning off simply makes him want to continue all the more. Hopefully she “just says no” and has him up for harassment.
janet
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I hear that works sometimes these days. It never did in mine, Not that I…well you know.
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Oh dear. How easily a man can fall. Mid-life crisis? Couldn’t he just buy a motorbike? Great story.
Marg
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Thanks for stopping by Marg. 🙂
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I think he should turn her over to me! Well, we’ve got a lady or the tiger story here.
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Either way, I’ll bet you could handle her Perry.
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What a saucy ending! At what cost power? Great story, Dawn! I enjoyed it.
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I’m so glad you did Amy, thank you.
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I have a feeling that her ‘promotion’ is going to be his ‘retrenchment’. I certainly hope so.
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I always tell people “every time you break the law (like speeding) you increase your odds of getting caught”. I think that is true with anything.
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Ohh.. scandalous and saucy and well written. I like Sandra’s comment!
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Thanks Maree.
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Dear Dawn,
He sounds like a serial “promoter.” Poor wife.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Yes. Poor wife.
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Exactly what I was thinking. Go home … You will have more fun.
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He’s treading on dangerous ground here. I hope he comes to his senses before he does something he’ll regret!
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Probably not, this fella thinks with the wrong head.
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Ghastly George.
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Indeed! 😉
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I’d like to see her promoted and George demoted by that guy who knows what George is like. Then she’d be on top of him but not in a way he likes… Another great story, Dawn.
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Haha, love your comment! Thanks for stopping by Karen.
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Bad girl, bad girl. 🙂 This is deliciously devious.
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Thanks Snow.
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So many clever comments and responses already; I especially like Karen’s! Very nicely drawn and delivered, Dawn. You are so BAD! (But in a good way lol)
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Thank you Joanna 🙂
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“he was the one who was going to give it to her” – a neat double entendre there, and a dilemma for George.
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Indeed!
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Uh-oh! I’ve got hope for the intern. Maybe she’s a bit of a conniving bitch or something….
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Something baaad is going to happen. Beautifully written.
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Thank you Patrick.
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Oh, the story we know all too well. I can see those two rat bastard colleagues discussing the “situation” over a drink. I’m with Rochelle, poor wife indeed. Well done, Dawn.
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Thank you.
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This George isn’t a good guy, boss, and husband, maybe he could jump into the lake and go away.
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Experienced this situation where I used to work. Trouble in River City.
DJ
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One of my favorite musicals!
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I get the feeling from the partner’s warning this might not be his first attraction to a workmate… Well done here, you get a real glimpse of how creepy this guy is.
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Yes, I am afraid he is a bit of a predator.
Thanks for stopping by.
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The breeze off the bay may be good for clearing the mind, but I believe he’s thinking with the other head right now.
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Just hope George has met his match here, people like him need to get their comeuppance…
Well written Dawn
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In the words of the song – “there may be trouble ahead…” great story. We can see who the promotion will go to, but what will the the after effects?
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Dawn, George is a fool, plain and simple. That young woman is not a fool, but is also playing a dangerous game. George just has more to lose. I agree that it sounds as though he’s played that game before. Well written, 🙂 — Susan
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Dear Dawn,
This is a fantastic story. I never saw it coming, either. Layered and full of double meanings. A fine piece.
Aloha,
Doug
P.S. (You need a comma after ‘..George had…’ in the second paragraph.)
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I sure do! I wonder why no one else caught that? No matter it is fixed now.
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Dear Dawn, I interviewed for a job with a George Boss and he offered me 3 times the salary if I was willing to work late now and then. I wasn’t (still feels creepy) so I left. Good story, Bad George. I hope he gets caught – jerk! Good story Dawn! Nan 🙂
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Thanks Nan, sounds like you made a good instinctive choice!
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