‘GENIUS IN A BOTTLE’ PROMPTED WRITING CHALLENGE
Sorry Dear Shopping Lovers
GiaB writing prompt #5 shopping
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4 min readOct 28, 2020
I was supposed to go to Paris during winter sales. A friend of mine succeeded in convincing me we would have so much fun. Somehow, I believed her!
Everything was settled for the adventure: flight tickets, hotel, plan — my friend took care of preparing obviously. 😁
Three days before, she called me. I could feel she was embarrassed and not sure how to formulate what she needed to say.
- Please forgive me, but I’ll not be able to join…
- What do you mean? Is this a bad joke?
- I’m afraid it’s not. My boyfriend I didn’t see in a year is taking me to Rome.
- I’m confused… How come he didn’t know about our plan?
- Well, we had a big fight 2 weeks ago and we didn’t talk to each other since then. This surprise is his way to say sorry, and I simply can’t let him down!
- You must be kidding me… I didn’t even wanna go, but I can’t afford to lose money at the same time…
- I know and I’m so sorry for real, Myriam.
She chose him over me, which impacted our friendship, but that’s not the point. What I didn’t tell you…
