Iain Kelly

Fiction Writing

WE’LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS

‘We’ll always have Paris.’

Yeah, right. Now look at those memories: faded, crumpled and tossed in the dumpster.

She was just like all the rest of those broads, dames and dolls.

As soon as she had stepped on that plane she had forgotten about me.

Back to her old life, her passionless marriage of convenience.

Well, I wasn’t about to forget Paris.

I’m a passionate romantic. It meant something to me and my heart doesn’t forget that easily.

That’s why I got on the next plane.

That’s why I confronted her.

That’s why I’m folding her body into the dumpster.

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Copyright CE Ayr

Written for Friday Fictioneers hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields (more details HERE). The idea is to write a short story of 100 words based on the photo prompt (above).

To read stories of 100 words based on this week’s prompt, visit HERE.

My new novel, ‘State of War’ is now available to pre-order on Amazon in eBook format, paperback coming soon. Have a look at the trailer below:

Iain Kelly

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75 responses to “WE’LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS”

  1. neilmacdon Avatar
    neilmacdon

    I like the nostalgia of the discarded memories combined with the brutally discarded body

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar
      Iain Kelly

      Thanks Neil

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  2. Tannille Avatar
    Tannille

    Never know who is going to turn a bit crazy. Has he done it before? Intriguing.

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar
      Iain Kelly

      I get the feeling he may very well have! Thanks

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    2. Russell Avatar
      Russell

      It’s a very good point you make Iain. One must be careful of the connections we make. Some may come back to get us when we’re not expecting!

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  3. Reena Saxena Avatar
    Reena Saxena

    Spooky!

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar
      Iain Kelly

      Thanks Reena

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  4. Mike Avatar
    Mike

    Hell has no fury like a passionate chap, I pity his next conquest 🙂

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar
      Iain Kelly

      Thanks Mike

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  5. ceayr Avatar
    ceayr

    Bogie would never to that to Ingrid!
    I’m so disillusioned…

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar
      Iain Kelly

      He met his match with Bacall.

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  6. Sandra Avatar
    Sandra

    You know, some guys just don’t take rejection. She needed to refine her insight before dumping him.

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar
      Iain Kelly

      Thanks Sandra

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  7. Varad Avatar
    Varad

    Whoops! That escalated rather quickly.

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar
      Iain Kelly

      You don’t want to annoy Bogie!

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  8. Susan A Eames Avatar
    Susan A Eames

    And there was me thinking I was reading a sweetly romantic story! 🙂

    Susan A Eames at
    Travel, Fiction and Photos

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar
      Iain Kelly

      Well, it was, in a way…

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  9. Anita Avatar
    Anita

    He was the romantic type. But, he still went ahead with this cold-blooded murder.
    People and their scary moods. Some become painful memories who are tossed away…
    Very well expressed.

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar
      Iain Kelly

      Death can be very romantic 😉

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  10. talesfromthemindofkristian Avatar
    talesfromthemindofkristian

    Hmm, “That could be the end of a beautiful friendship” 🙂

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  11. granonine Avatar
    granonine

    Well, there’s a guy who doesn’t deal well with rejection! Scary. Say no, and end up dead and folded into a trash bin. Chilling.

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar
      Iain Kelly

      Just be careful who you choose to have an affair with – some kind of moral to the story! Thanks Linda

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  12. rochellewisoff Avatar
    rochellewisoff

    Dear Iain,

    Whoever said “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned” never met this guy. The voice was retro and fun.

    Shalom,

    Rochelle

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar
      Iain Kelly

      Well, we can’t be sexist about who is entitled to being scorned 😉

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  13. trentpmcd Avatar
    trentpmcd

    Well, “Bogie” was best known as gangster before he found Paris, so I wouldn’t doubt he’d hunt her down… I used the same line as my title, but without any other references to the movie.

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar
      Iain Kelly

      Yes, he can’t keep up a touchy-feely pretence for too long, better to be the hard man.

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  14. trishsplace Avatar
    trishsplace

    No! Straight into the darkness, Iain. Good little story!

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  15. J Hardy Carroll Avatar
    J Hardy Carroll

    Holy moses. I guess the photographer is rubbing off on you in more ways than one!

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar
      Iain Kelly

      It feels like a time to just be blunt about things!

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  16. magickmermaid Avatar
    magickmermaid

    Love the twist ending! Great story!

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar
      Iain Kelly

      Thank you 🙂

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  17. Kent Avatar
    Kent

    As a fan of Casablanca, I got it. Too funny an ending! Rick just dumped Ilsa — for REAL! This should have been the “alternate ending” to the movie. Well, if it were made to day, anyway.

    Five out of five “here’s looking at you, kid”s.

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar
      Iain Kelly

      Yeah, none of this ‘Rick started to have feelings again’ nonsense.

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  18. neeltheauthor- author of WHEN LIFE THROWS THOSE CURVE BALLS Avatar
    neeltheauthor- author of WHEN LIFE THROWS THOSE CURVE BALLS

    Men can be as brutal in love as in war, what say! Loved the story Kelly.

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar
      Iain Kelly

      Thank you Neel

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  19. Alicia Jamtaas Avatar
    Alicia Jamtaas

    Like Rochelle, I really enjoyed the voice in your story. And, heck, bluntness counts for a lot when you only have 100-words.

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar
      Iain Kelly

      Got to wrap these stories up quick 😉

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  20. J.A. Prentice Avatar
    J.A. Prentice

    Great story! The voice is very strong and the character comes across clearly in so few words.

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar
      Iain Kelly

      Thank you, nice to see you back 🙂

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  21. pennygadd51 Avatar
    pennygadd51

    Excellent writing, Iain. I loved your foreshadowing in line two! Holiday romances are playing with fire, aren’t they?

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar
      Iain Kelly

      I hope most of them don’t end up like this! Thanks Penny.

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  22. Nobbinmaug Avatar
    Nobbinmaug

    That’s very romantic. He’s no Rick Blaine. “I didn’t really mean ‘get on the plane.’”

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar
      Iain Kelly

      He was just testing her. She failed.

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  23. msjadeli Avatar
    msjadeli

    Holy…………. the casual reference to dumpster in the beginning turns sinister at the end. You did a great job of cruising along so smoothly, then turning around with a left hook.

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar
      Iain Kelly

      Thank you 🙂

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  24. plaridel Avatar
    plaridel

    good grief! to paraphrase an old saying, hell hath no fury for a man scorned.

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar
      Iain Kelly

      Thanks!

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  25. Dale Avatar
    Dale

    Quite the romantic. Not. Unless he thinks that it is romantic to do away with she who dares not choose him!
    Not the end I’d want for Rick and Ilsa!

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar
      Iain Kelly

      That’s why they never made the sequel…

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      1. Dale Avatar
        Dale

        Haha!

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  26. draliman Avatar
    draliman

    Yeeks! Not a man to dump lightly. Nice one!

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar
      Iain Kelly

      He dumped her very lightly…into that dumpster.

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  27. Lynn Love Avatar
    Lynn Love

    And that’s why she dumped him – she could see he had this in him all along! Nice mix of strong voice and extreme violence – I like the parallel folding and throwing in a dumpster, too. Nice symmetry

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar
      Iain Kelly

      Thanks Lynn, glad you liked it 🙂

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  28. Thom Carswell Avatar
    Thom Carswell

    What happened in Paris should have stayed in Paris! A taut little thriller here, Ian, and a nice little study in victim blaming – in his eyes, she got what she deserved. Very scary!

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar
      Iain Kelly

      Thanks Thom, much appreciated 🙂

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  29. Shweta Suresh Avatar
    Shweta Suresh

    Well, that escalated quickly. Great take on the prompt.

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar
      Iain Kelly

      Thank you Shweta

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  30. Brenda's Thoughts Avatar
    Brenda’s Thoughts

    Oh no! I started to worry when he took the next flight. She didn’t run far enough. It gave me chills, great job!! Hope you and yours are staying well, Iain!

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar
      Iain Kelly

      Thanks Brenda, all safe here. I’m back at (a very quiet) work after 3 weeks of lockdown. Hope you are well too.

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  31. Fatima Fakier Avatar
    Fatima Fakier

    That’s passion for sure, but it isn’t love. Brutal. As always I liked the way you crafted the story.

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar
      Iain Kelly

      Thanks Fatima – a very twisted view of love for sure.

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  32. michaelwynnauthor Avatar
    michaelwynnauthor

    Well he just wasn’t prepared to let it lie. Revenge is best served in Paris with a light vinaigrette.

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar
      Iain Kelly

      Ha, how civilised 🙂

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  33. Russell Gayer Avatar
    Russell Gayer

    Whoa . . . this ist sounding like one of C.E.’s tales. That what we get for using one of his photos.

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar
      Iain Kelly

      I did take my inspiration from some of his finest work 😉

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  34. Woman walking Max Avatar
    Woman walking Max

    Like the journey from annoyance with the woman to the matter-of-factness of the dumpster. A dark story.

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  35. Liz Young Avatar
    Liz Young

    Oh dear! Did you kill them all?

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar
      Iain Kelly

      All that deserved it.

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  36. Eugenia Parrish Author Avatar
    Eugenia Parrish Author

    Oh, my God! LOL and all that. I was having lovely memories of “Casablanca”, thinking that it might be a fun alternate ending, and then WHAM. Great job!

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar
      Iain Kelly

      It is an alternate ending, just without the fun 🙂

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  37. tedstrutz Avatar
    tedstrutz

    Well, Iain, I thought this was just lovely… till the last line. Good one!

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar
      Iain Kelly

      Perfect, exactly as intended 🙂

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  38. subroto Avatar
    subroto

    Well that escalated rapidly. He is probably the kind of lover who keeps a head count.

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar
      Iain Kelly

      Love can do strange things to people.

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