Guilty pleasures
He spent the day in his shed, the sun cast a warm glow over his pride and joy: a Victorian Cropper printing press. Many times he stroked the lustrous finish, if he could have burnished it more, he would have. The persistent chime of the house bell finally got through.
Yes officer.
Mr McDuff:
Officer.
I am afraid I have bad news, is there someone who can join us.
No officer only the wife, and she is dinning out.
There was an explosion Mr McDuff…
Mr McDuff, do you by any chance know: the man she was dinning with.
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Infidelity and an explosion! Poor MacDuff
MacDuff spends far to long in his man shed, but then sometimes so do I…!!!
That’s a double blow to knock you right down! Nicely done.
Thank you Iain,
Dear Michael,
Perhaps if he’d spent as much time with Mrs. MacDuff as he did with his printing press…sad tale. Nicely done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Rochelle, You have echoed my thoughts on McDuff…
What Rochelle just said… I’ve actually printed on one of those Cropper presses. It was a royal pain to set up text to, but the result was awesome. What I wouldn’t give to have one of my own. Then, maybe, I could afford to print some of my writings. Great story!
Bearmkwa I love that you have used a Cropper press, but sadly McDuff loved it to much, and so neglected his duty towards his wife
Oh dear. Too late he’ll regret spending so much time in the shed. It sounds like she had a much more guilty pleasure.
You have hit the nail right on its head ‘so to speak’. Thank you Draliman
Was it Mr. McDuff who was responsible for the explosion? The ending is full of suspense.
Now there’s a question. I don’t think the explosion was down to him. But I love that differing readers see differing scenarios.
Oh dear. Of course he should have paid better attention but it isn’t his fault that date of hers apparently blew up the building. Great descriptions, Michael, I love that press.
McDuff loved it to much and neglected his wife. With this story I love that differing readers have come up with differing scenarios
You left a lot of room around your story for conjecture. Maybe she was covered by a big insurance policy and he can buy another press to polish…
Now there’s a thought. It has made me happy that differing readers have come up with several differing scenarios regarding what this story.
🙂
Not a good day for McDuff.
Certainly not …
Poor Mr. McDuff. His wife has died while cheating on him. It’s a double dose of bad news. At least the police don’t seem to suspect him. A good story and well come, Michael. —- Suzanne
Poor Mrs McDuff also 🙂
Sorry, Michael. That word in the comment after “well” is supposed to be “done” not “come”. 🙁 — Suzanne
No need to be sorry; I am always getting caught out by words, Mike
More than one bang in this story…
Absolutely:)
That’s what you call adding insult to injury. Poor Me. McDuff.
So pleased to read your comment, thank you Shweta