I love long drives, racing down the highway with my favourite music barring through the speaker, as the cool breeze blows in my ears. Without a care about the world. It sets me free.
I badly needed the road trip after the fiasco at work. I suddenly see a lone figure waving at me frantically. I apply a sudden break and the car screeches to a halt.
“Dumwit , you could have lost your life”.
“I badly need to get to the hospital sir, can you be kind to give me a lift”, a girl barely 16, pleads.
I am wary of giving a lift to strangers but what harm can this lanky girl bring, I think and open the car door.
She leaps in and I drive in silence.
“Aren’t you scared?” she asks after a while ” This place is haunted by ghosts, you still offer a lift to a stranger”
I chuckle “Oh so you are a ghost. Hello Ms Ghost pleased to meet you”
“A girl all alone on a deserted road, with a white gown and hair let loose, pale skin and lifeless eyes, how human do I look?”
I smirk “I am not afraid, I don’t believe in ghosts”.
“Even when my feet are not straight like yours” she hisses.
I turn towards her, terror written on my face.
The car smashes a tree and after a loud shriek, an eerie silence prevails.
Linking up with Priceless Joy who hosts a weekly flash fiction for writers. Thanks Jodi McKinney. for the picture.
Well, the best way to end a story and let readers thrive for a sequel. Amazing write-up.
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Thx Kalyan nice read hear from you after long
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Exam season, can’t help it 🙂
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Nicely done!! 😀
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Thanks!
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I don’t think I’ve ever read a story or seen a film where picking up a hitchhiker ends well – she should have known! 🙂
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Poor thing 😂
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Now there are two… Nice write.
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Thx for reading
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Fun read.
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Thank you
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Nice! Love the feet thing.
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Thx Tina!
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Oooh spooky! So now we’ll all double check the feet of any hitchhikers we come across just in case they might be ghosts!
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Who knows the ghosts may come up with something new to spook us 😊
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You had me screaming, great story
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Thx a ton Mike for the generous comments
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Ha! Reminds me of Jaani Dushman, the original Sanjeev Kumar one!
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Haven’t watched that one
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You must, you must 🙂
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One more spirit will haunt the stretch of highway. Nice story.
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