Richard was ecstatic. He’d just picked up his ‘Russian bride ‘, and they were headed home; their home. Valentina smiled shyly. Her English was stilted, but still fairly good.
He knew that she would overlook …
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©Vivian Zems
Friday Fictioneers with Rochelle Wisoff
Photo prompt : ©What’s His Name
Smell The Coffee 
November 29, 2017 at 10:25 pm
Or a better job and place to live.
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November 29, 2017 at 10:30 pm
I wonder if that even crosses his mind!?
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November 29, 2017 at 10:55 pm
Apparently not. Now this poor Russian bride to be needs to find another arrangement.
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November 30, 2017 at 12:39 am
She sure does! 🙂
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November 29, 2017 at 10:35 pm
😄😄😄
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November 29, 2017 at 10:45 pm
😆
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November 29, 2017 at 10:48 pm
I think it’s time he sorted out his bathroom! 🙂
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November 30, 2017 at 12:40 am
I think he’s beyond help!
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November 30, 2017 at 4:10 am
He probably thought she would know no better…. Methinks an upgrade before a new mail-order bride…
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November 30, 2017 at 7:42 am
I quite agree!
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November 30, 2017 at 9:06 am
I loved
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November 30, 2017 at 9:06 am
I loved it. Brilliantly fresh take.
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November 30, 2017 at 1:41 pm
Thank you 🙂
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November 30, 2017 at 9:45 am
A very well crafted story and a very believable protagonist.
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November 30, 2017 at 8:42 pm
Thank you! 😊
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November 30, 2017 at 12:44 pm
I’m almost not sure who to have more sympathy for in this story, both seem to be in pretty desperate situations. Nice one.
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November 30, 2017 at 1:40 pm
That’s life at the bottom of a barrel, I s’pose..?? 🙂
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November 30, 2017 at 2:27 pm
Dear Vivian,
Tall tales? I’d say his tales were skyscrapers. 😉 She’s wise to get out while she can. Good one.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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November 30, 2017 at 8:41 pm
Thanks Rochelle 😊
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December 1, 2017 at 6:40 am
That was a real tall stretching. Nothing puts off a woman more than the state of a toilet!
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December 1, 2017 at 7:55 am
😂😂
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December 1, 2017 at 11:28 am
Love doesn’t conquer all then…
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December 1, 2017 at 6:04 pm
Definitely not 😂
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December 3, 2017 at 9:03 pm
I think that she had it better where she came from. This is a hard sell I think
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December 3, 2017 at 9:16 pm
I think so too, Björn!
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December 4, 2017 at 3:47 pm
Any woman he “gets” will be a poor woman, poor thing 🙂
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December 5, 2017 at 1:24 am
So true! Thanks for dropping by 🙂
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December 5, 2017 at 11:43 am
You’ve found a clever way of emphasising the primitive nature of the toilet, by having as a character a ‘Russian bride’ – who has quite a lot of incentive to tolerate shortcomings in the plumbing. That’s a novel take on the prompt!
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December 5, 2017 at 6:53 pm
Thanks, Penny!
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