JSW Prompt

Right Answer to the Wrong Question

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“I’m going to ask you something and you have to answer me honestly,” Kevin said to his wife. She started to respond, but he put up his hand to stop her. “You should not be reckless in your response, Linda,” he added. “I think you might want to take your time and give my question some serious thought. A candy floss answer might put us on a path that would be a disgrace.”

“If you’re asking if I’m having an affair with your business partner, John, then the answer is yes. Ever since you introduced us late last year, the feeling of limerence between him and me has been overwhelming,” Linda said. “So yes, my honest answer is that I want a divorce, Kevin, so that I can be free to be with John.”

Kevin’s eyes grew wide. “Oh dear me,” he said. “I was just going to ask you if you knew about the dent in the fender of the Mercedes and hadn’t yet told me about it.”

Written for this week’s JSW Prompt from Athling2001, which is the sentence, “I’m going to ask you something and you have to answer me honestly.”

Also for these daily prompts: Fandango’s One Word Challenge (reckless), Ragtag Daily Prompt (candy floss), Your Daily Word Prompt (might), The Daily Spur (path), My Vivid Blog (disgrace), and Word of the Day Challenge (limerence).

I Need It To Be Worth It

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“Congressman, you’re going to be facing an uphill battle trying to get this environmental bill passed given the opposition to it coming from the other party. How are you planning to do it?” The reporter asked.

“I am hoping that there are a few members on the other side of the aisle who understand the long term stakes of doing nothing,” the congressman said. “I think I may be able to twist a few arms.”

“It certainly won’t be easy, Congressman, to break what up to now has been a united front,” the reporter said.

The congressman gave the reporter a happy nod. “I don’t need it to be easy,” he said. “I need it to be worth it.”

Written for Athling2001’s The JSW Prompt, where the challenge is to write a post including this sentence: “I don’t need it to be easy, I need it to be worth it.” Also for Misky’s Twiglet, where the phrase is “happy nod.”