The Other Woman

No matter how hard she tried, Suzy couldn’t look away.

“She will see you staring at her!” Her mind warned her.

With so much difficulty she walked away from the park letting the smiling face of the other woman torture her sanity.

“What does Josh see in her? She is not even that beautiful!” Chided Suzy’s wounded mind.

But her world is not restricted like Suzy’s. No one scorns at her.

It’ funny how they are related to each other in the same way. The other woman!

It’s funny because though she was the other woman in Suzy’s life, it was Suzy who had to stay hidden for she was the other woman in Josh’s wife’s life.

Very funny! Suzy forced a laugh that failed to cover up the hurt in her eyes.

© Vinitha Dileep

This flash fiction piece is written in response to the one hundred and forty first edition of Fiction Monday inspired by the word prompt – FORCE hosted at Reflections by yours truly. Do join in if you have a tale to tell.