Flash Shot

Love Calls for Having to Do Unpleasant Deeds, Sometimes

Tears welled in Marla's eyes as she wielded the knife. She didn't want to do it, but love calls for having to do unpleasant deeds, as well, sometimes.

Her spine tingled as if a spider skittered down the back of her shirt. The hair on one side of her head stood on end, but she forced herself to keep going.

Soon done, she surveyed her gruesome handiwork. Purple skin and pale flesh lay peeled and striped beside onions.

"Eggplants give me the creeps," Marla stressed to herself, but continued preparing the escalivada dish that was one of her husband's favorites.

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