Elizabeth is an expert at solving cold cases, the older the better. She doesn’t know why, just that there’s always been a hunger within her to discover what happened to these poor souls.
When her boss offered her a 20-year-old case involving a car crash in the forest, she jumped at the opportunity. When she arrived at the scene, she found the car completely stripped, no engine, nothing. Even its tires were gone. Decomposed? A thought flashed across her mind and shook her head. Unlikely, more likely someone had stripped the car for parts.
She poked around the interior and found traces of blood. But where’s the body? Or bodies?
As she continued searching, she discovered a glint reflecting light to the ceiling. What is that? It was a square-shape locket, looking almost completely new as if it was dropped here recently. She popped the locket open, a small piece of paper fell to the ground. Elizabeth unfolded the paper and it was like staring at a ghost. “I will love you forever, Lizzy.” Mom?
(~175 words)
I am participating in Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writer, where we write a piece between 100 and 150 words (more or less 25 words) in length inspired by the photo prompt above.
How sweet! The locket is a touching and intriguing clue. I wonder what happened to Izzy? Great story, Yinglan!
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Thanks. I think you misread the name, it’s Lizzy, as in Elizabeth as in the main character of the main character of the story. I think she’d just discovered what happened to her mother.
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Oh, sorry! Her mother went missing and she found her. Great story!
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Thanks.
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Wow! The locket and the words are such a surprise! But the locket looks new and the car has been there for 20 years!
My mind is spinning 🙂
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Yeah, it sure makes you wonder. Hmm…
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And that is the entire point of a mystery story. Making people wonder 😉
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Exactly! 🙂
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Oh no…very bittersweet. Well-written Yinglan!
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Thanks. 🙂
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Now we know why she needs to find out what happened in the other cases…because of her own missing mother. Nice way to bring it all full circle. Now, where will the clue lead?
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Perhaps she’ll find who stripped the car of its parts and maybe possibly, there might be another clue there. Thanks for reading.
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Very fine story. Loved the mysterious buildup to a suspenseful thriller.
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Thanks. Glad you liked it. 🙂
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Now we know why it was important for E to solve old cases. Well written
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Yes, and now we know. Thank you for reading.
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Wow- what a twist. Well done.
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Thank you. 🙂
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A frightening coincidence or not?
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Probably not. Probably fate has decided it’s time for her to solve the mystery that is her parents.
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Yeah, beginning of a great longer story 🙂 Have to file that one away for the future Yinglan 🙂
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Absolutely! 🙂
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