PHOTO PROMPT © Sandra Crook
“I can’t believe you just ate it, Sheldon!” Betty sighed on the other end of the phone line.
“What else does one do with cupcakes?”
“Never mind. Did you at least look at the clue?”
“Clue?”
“On the icing. I drew it on with icing.”
“Betty, you can’t even draw with a pencil. Look, it was on my table on top of my notes, I thought you left me a sweet birthday surprise.”
“It was a surprise. A treasure hunt surprise.”
“By the way it was a tad too sweet.”
“You are literally clueless.”
“Wha – hello? Betty, you there? Hello?”
100 words
Written for Friday Fictioneers hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. Write a story in 100 words or less. Thanks to Sandra for this week’s prompt.
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I’ve joined in a bit late this week. But better late than never.
I’m in the middle of a glorious drug withdrawal. Prescription drugs. All legal – but no less debilitating than if I was a recovering heroin junkie. On the bright side, it means autoimmune disease is under control with less medication.
Back on the dark side, it means my sarcasm is at dangerously high levels.
FFW 
At least cup cake was eaten. No one complaining cake was bad. Only drawing was not so good. So happy time.
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I don’t think Betty would agree! Thanks for reading, Abhijit.
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Perhaps I’m reading more into it than was there, but I like the idea we may be eating the things that would otherwise give us clues
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I like that insight, Neil! Maybe there is more to my story than even I had realised 😉
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All that effort she went to… Oh dear Sheldon!
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Yeah he borders on Asperger’s syndrome.
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Dear Fatima,
I hope she didn’t bake a ring into the cupcake. 😉 Intriguing.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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It might explain why she’s so upset.
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Maybe Betty should have left a note saying: Please look closely… I mean, in his defense, if her drawing is not that good… 😉
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hahaha yeah. Something tells me you’d have done the same as Sheldon and devoured the cupcake too 😉
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Not impossible…😉
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Interesting take on the story. I think I would have just eaten the cupcake too. Nicely done.
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I’ll tell you what, so would I. Thank you for comment.
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Betty needs to bake another batch and try again – I am sure Sheldon’s clue antenna will be up now so it would be disappointing if she didn’t have another go. A fun take.
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Hopefully she’ll try again and Sheldon will pay attention.
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That’s a really inventive take on the prompt. The line “Betty, you can’t even draw with a pencil.” had me snorting with laughter at poor Sheldon’s cluelessness. I wonder where the treasure hunt led and what the prize was? Betty sounds furious!
I’m glad your auto-immune disease is under control with less medicine; you have my sympathy for your withdrawal symptoms – horrid for you.
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She had put in a lot of effort. Perhaps she was planning to propose as Rochell has suggested, or a romantic evening out. Life never goes the way we planned, so let’s take it as it comes. Thank you, for your sympathy – I could do well with it right now.
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Im pretty sure my husband would have eaten the cupcake–and complained that it was too sweet. Betty has my sympathy.
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hahaha! Oh no! It is part of marriage to take the bitter with the sweet.
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I think most men…and probably most women would have eaten the cupcake. Well done, Fatima. I could see this playing out.
Hope you are feeling better.
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