Two-timing
John was going from Sydney to Canberra with a tired body and mind after finishing an office meeting. He bought a bus ticket to go to Canberra and took a seat next to the window on the bus. He got on the bus and sat down on his seat next to the window. When he sat down on his seat, the seat next to him was empty. John was looking at the empty seat next to him when his phone got wet. His wife Riya called from Delhi.
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Taking out his mobile from his pocket, Riya received the call and John started talking.
John's wife Riya said, "Did you leave the meeting? Where are you now?"
John replied, "The meeting ended very nicely, I am now sitting on the bus to go to Canberra."
The two of them talked on the mobile for a while. While talking, John took care of his child. In the middle of talking, John kept looking at the empty seat next to him. When they finished talking, John put the mobile in his pocket.
As soon as John put the mobile in his pocket, he saw that a beautiful girl sat down in the empty seat next to him. The girl was about 18 years old. She was wearing a beautiful dress and had a sweet smile on her face. The atmosphere changed as soon as she sat down.
The girl extended her hand to John and said, Hi, I'm Tina.
Hearing the girl's words, John also said his name and shook hands with the girl.
It takes about 3 hours to travel from Sydney by bus. During these three hours, John and Tina talked about various things. They talked about their lives, food, movies, their likes and dislikes. John seemed to find a fascination in their conversation without knowing it. John liked it very much.
When the bus stopped in Canberra, John and Tina got up from their seats to go to live. John's legs were swinging, he was feeling strange. Then Tina extended a card to John and smiled sweetly.
Tina gave John the card and said, "If you ever... lose yourself, come to this address," saying this, Tina left from there.
After talking to John, Tina felt that John was lonely and confused inside, that John might not be finding true love in his life, so Tina gave John the card to test him, she tempted John with a "second chance".
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John reached the hotel and went to the washroom to freshen up, and after coming out of the washroom, he stood in front of the mirror, then he took out Tina's card in his pocket and started looking at it, but just then a picture sent by Johnny's wife Rhea came to light, in that picture John saw the smiling face of their little son.
John then kissed the phone and tore the card.
He understood that there is a difference between infatuation and love, the infatuation of love can never be the same.
John was tempted by restlessness and attraction, he was briefly fascinated by Tina but in the end he restrained himself. It was going to take a wrong step, which was a crime, but he corrected that mistake and came out of that guilt.
John feels how even a small moment can change his life. The memory of the temptation creates intense regret in him, and in this short time he transforms himself from temptation and increases his love for PS3 and his child.
In this story, I saved John from temptation — because the story is a story of his self-awareness, values and choosing family, in the story I tried to make John more responsible and show a lot of love for his wife and child without falling for the temptation of another girl.
After this bus journey, John's love for his wife and his child grew even more, even though he was briefly lost in another world on the bus, falling for the beauty of another girl and taking a wrong step, but realizing his mistake when he saw the picture of his child, he returned to the right path.
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Thank you very much for paying attention to my post and for the nice comments. In fact, I wanted to explain the reason for the increase in love between my wife and child in this story. Each of us needs to show more love for our wife and child by avoiding any other temptations.
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Steemit Challenge Season 26 Week-6: Two-timing
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Your story started well barring a couple of oversights like the protagonist according to the prompt is in mid 20s but you showed her as a teenager.
A story in fiction category needs no conclusion but you did that by giving your opinion why you saved him from getting tempted. it was supposed to be done by the characters themselves.
Thank you very much for reviewing my post.