The Handkerchief
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MatureComplete Tue, Nov 24, 202012m
A short story about miscommunication, paranoia, and murder.
Shalom, a paranoid husband, mistakenly thought his wife was cheating on him with his best friend and took matters into his own hands, only to find out the truth.
Loosely based on Othello by William Shakespeare and Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
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⋙ 𝓓𝓮𝓯𝓪𝓶𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 ⋘ (𝐋𝐎𝐔𝐈𝐒 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐆𝐄)
𝙳𝙴𝙵𝙰𝙼𝙰𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽 /ˌdɛfəˈmeɪʃn/ 𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑛 the action of 𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 the good reputation of someone; slander or libel. ♫ ♬ ♫ ❝𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐕𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐍𝐄𝐄𝐃𝐒 𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐈𝐍 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘. 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐒𝐔𝐏𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐎 𝐁𝐄 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐒.❞ We write the year 1977. As the eccentric young professor, 𝐘/𝐍 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐇𝐀𝐌 starts teaching at Cambridge, a row of unexplainable incidents start taking place, mostly unnoticed by everyone. College funds disappearing, students suddenly leaving and objects of worth disappearing, everything seems like a coincidence. Until one day everything changes. One incident with fatal consequences may destroy the professors whole career and might even send her to jail for years or a lifetime. She gets arrested by a detective, 𝐋𝐎𝐔𝐈𝐒 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐄, who suspects her of the crime but starts believing her more and more until he realizes that she had been 𝐃𝐄𝐅𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐃, a realization that the duo needs to convince everyone of. Slowly a second mystery-one that neither of them can explain-starts brewing. Is the growing attraction between the young adults just physical or is it something deeper? Some sort of connection? And who's playing their game with them? What will happen when the tragic story reaches its climax?Complete
What happens when the guilt of your actions has caused you to forget what it feels like to speak. Aurora has committed a crime of love and now she has to pay the piper. A short and engaging read.
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