The Devastation of Expectations

A short piece I wrote recently for #5MinuteFiction. I had 5 minutes to write a story using the phrase "the devastation of expectations"

I sat back watching the tears well up in my daughter’s eyes and I couldn’t help but feel extremely guilty. She let out a loud wail as she collapsed to the ground, flailing her arms and kicking the wall.

My wife rushed into the room with a towel barely covering her body expecting to find our daughter bleeding profusely from the forehead or at least badly bruised.

“What is it?” my wife screamed frantically.

The look of fright on her face lessened and a slight smile eased across her face as she noticed the chocolate smeared on my upper lip and cheeks and the half-eaten chocolate bunny in my hand.

“She thought that bunny was hers, didn’t she?” my wife said, looking down again at our young daughter who continued to fret and scream and cry.

“The devastation of expectations,” I responded.

Reviews

[R J Askew]

Ach, I know the feeling and my expectations are kept well in check. You captured the moment and made the point well.