Love Stories: Tag – Short Stories
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Short Stories
No Greater Love
For as long as Sarah could remember, the photograph of a young soldier had graced the dresser in Aunt Jane’s home. The photo had faded over the years, yet the young man’s handsome features were still very clear.
Short Stories
The Rain
Shamim knew that she loved him. But it happened every time he tried to touch her. Those voices. “Nuisance. Clumsy child. Try to smile, at least.” Those were the words she’d grown up listening to. Her childhood mantra.
He said: “Beautiful”, between appreciating breaths. Her body responded, ecstatic. Her mind said: “Liar!”
And so she froze. He thought she didn’t like him anymore. Or worse still, as today’s encounter revealed: “It’s another man, isn’t it?” a biting disgust in his words.
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