This week’s tale is still in the story Til Murder Do Us Part. This week’s word prompt is Lemon. Check out the other entries here.
Once Richard was seated on the driver’s side, he nodded at the floorboard. “Why do you women do that to yourselves?”
“Do what?”
“Wear shoes that clearly are too tight or too uncomfortable for long-time wear. It seems to be some kind of punishment you ladies have to do to atone for your sins.”
“If wearing pretty shoes is atonement for sin, I must have really offended someone recently since this pair is actually hell on earth.” She laughed. “I can’t figure it out. They were fine in the store.”
“Not so fine to be making a getaway from a possibly homicidal former brother-in-law, are they?” He turned the key to crank the engine.
“Now that you mention it, yeah.”
“By the way, what color are we calling those? I don’t think I’ve ever seen a pair in such an odd shade.” Richard indicated the shoes with a tilt of his head.
“Do you have a shoe fetish or something?”
“No. Why?”
“You seem to pay a lot of attention to them for someone of the male species.”
“Let’s just say I’ve been with a lot of ladies who have suffered with ill-fitting shoes and I’ve learned to be leery of a high heel.”
“Why is that?” She couldn’t help but giggle at his tone of voice. He sounded as if he had paid some kind of high price at one time as a result of someone’s shoe choice.
“Let’s leave it at my former wife was notorious for buying shoes that were too small for her and call it a day, okay?”
“Someday you’ll have to tell me that story.” Margot grinned, curious about both his former wife and her taste in shoes. “By the way, the shoes are lemon yellow. Or at least that’s what was printed on the box.”
Richard shook his head, muttered, “Lemon yellow, good grief,” under his breath and eased out of the parking space. He made his way around to the exit and out into the street traffic.
Jillian Chantal 
LOL – what a subject for a conversation. Love it, love the details of his curiosity!
By: Iris B on April 7, 2014
at 8:53 pm
Thanks Iris. It was a silly moment for sure.
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By: Author on April 7, 2014
at 10:05 pm
Hehe. Love that he notices that…their conversation is great. Natural and easy. Well done.
By: Sarah Cass on April 8, 2014
at 6:42 am
Thanks Sarah. These two sure like the give and take of conversation.
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By: Author on April 8, 2014
at 7:10 am
Tee-hee, love the back and forth! Well done!
By: Vicki Locey on April 8, 2014
at 7:07 am
Thanks Vicki.
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By: Author on April 8, 2014
at 7:09 am
Love the banter between them.
By: Lindsay Downs on April 8, 2014
at 1:19 pm
Thanks Lindsay.
By: Author on April 8, 2014
at 2:16 pm
I enjoy their banter and a man’s interest in shoes!
By: alleemae on April 10, 2014
at 1:57 pm
Thanks Davee. I think he was almost channeling my husband on the shoe part. LOL!
By: Author on April 10, 2014
at 2:47 pm
Love the cross-chat between them. He’s an unusual guy to pay such attention to ladies shoes 🙂
By: sherrygloagtheheartofromance on April 12, 2014
at 12:49 pm
He is, sherry. Lol. But you know what I know some guys like that. And they are straight, lol.
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By: Author on April 12, 2014
at 3:02 pm
Haha! What a fun post. And shoes … I love shoes! Can’t wear the heels like I used to, so I related to this one. I love the banter between these two.
By: trishafaye on April 13, 2014
at 8:22 pm
Thanks Trisha. I’m a shoe hound too. Have reduced the size of the heels as well. And have gone to chunkier ones. They seem more stable.
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By: Author on April 14, 2014
at 8:43 am
Good use of shoes and lemon.
By: Morgan K Wyatt on April 14, 2014
at 6:41 am
Thanks Morgan.
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By: Author on April 14, 2014
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