Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Point: A Six Sentence Story




"Tell me," he whispered gently into her ear, his breath hot and laced with whiskey and cigarettes. He stood behind her, holding her close to his hard body, and she closed her eyes, her lips parting for a brief moment before she shook her head almost imperceptibly.

He held her tighter, stroking her hair, and still, she remained silent.

She heard him sigh with disappointment, taking his hand from her hair a moment before she heard the soft click and felt the point of a knife against her throat, barely touching her at first, then becoming more insistent as she stood there, knees shaking, heart pounding.

"Tell me where you hid it, or I'm going to draw a pretty picture on your pretty little neck, from here" - and he touched the knife point to one side of her neck - "to here" - and he lightly touched the knife to the other side of her neck - "and I won't stop until I get an answer."

Her voice sounded far away and foreign to her own ears as she spat back, "Go ahead and kill me; you'll never get your answer that way," and she heard the knife drop to the floor.





Linking up with Denise at Girlie On The Edge's Blog for Six Sentence Stories with the prompt "point"

16 comments:

  1. Whew! So glad that knife dropped to the floor! I will say you kept me engaged, though a bit creeped out with your SSS this week.

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    1. Thanks! And I'll take creeping you out as a sort of compliment :)

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  2. Way to engage the reader! Excellent beginning to what we hope is an ongoing 'six noir'?

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  3. Ooooo I love this! So glad she called his bluff.. He'd never get the information he craves if he cuts her throat will he?

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    1. Thank you! Yeah, he didn't really think this through, did he?

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  4. She is no match for him or any man! Gripping tale. Talk about cliffhangers! Will be looking for a follow up soon :D

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    1. Thanks, Denise! We shall see if the prompts lead to a sequel. I'm the last to know if that will happen! I just write what pops into my head.

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  5. Way to pull us in! Good job. Good six. I love this stuff.

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  6. Whew, thankful for that ending, but of course the story isn’t finished there. Very intense, you are so good at engaging us!

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  7. That takes nerves of steel! Well done!

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