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Mr. Rastogi's Office
#WritcoStoryPrompt47
Write a story based on this famous excerpt from Revival by Stephen King:
He unlocked a door and led me through an office that was empty of furniture, although I could still see square clean patches on the grimy linoleum, where the legs of a desk had once stood. On the wall was a curling calendar with April 1989 showing. This was bloody 2021!! I thought to myself and thanked my luck for having a dingy office as my own with my little savings.
The property guy handed me the keys with a crooked smile and left the so called office with a dusty cloud. I could see the dust mites everywhere with my microscopic eyes and made an agenda of its cleanliness. I had nowhere to sit, thank God the network was working fine in there.
I called local cleaning service and got the office cleared up of everything, the old wallpaper, the smelly rugs, the broken window panes, creaky fan and the wobbly chair. While taking off the wall paper, the cleaning guy showed me a secret cabin, which was locked. In that clutter, I just acknowledged his find and got busy in calling the carpenter and the repair guy.
Finally, I was breathing in the clean air, with the office and it's walls and the floor. The washroom was common one in the building, so it wasn't my headache to improve it. I straightened my legs on the new settled couch. Closed my eyes for a while, let the to do list get struck off in my mind. It was mine, my office, my money making stall, my dream factory. A smile swept on my face and I got up. Everything was perfect!! I couldn't feel more proud of myself.
It was time to decorate, phone set was put...
Write a story based on this famous excerpt from Revival by Stephen King:
He unlocked a door and led me through an office that was empty of furniture, although I could still see square clean patches on the grimy linoleum, where the legs of a desk had once stood. On the wall was a curling calendar with April 1989 showing. This was bloody 2021!! I thought to myself and thanked my luck for having a dingy office as my own with my little savings.
The property guy handed me the keys with a crooked smile and left the so called office with a dusty cloud. I could see the dust mites everywhere with my microscopic eyes and made an agenda of its cleanliness. I had nowhere to sit, thank God the network was working fine in there.
I called local cleaning service and got the office cleared up of everything, the old wallpaper, the smelly rugs, the broken window panes, creaky fan and the wobbly chair. While taking off the wall paper, the cleaning guy showed me a secret cabin, which was locked. In that clutter, I just acknowledged his find and got busy in calling the carpenter and the repair guy.
Finally, I was breathing in the clean air, with the office and it's walls and the floor. The washroom was common one in the building, so it wasn't my headache to improve it. I straightened my legs on the new settled couch. Closed my eyes for a while, let the to do list get struck off in my mind. It was mine, my office, my money making stall, my dream factory. A smile swept on my face and I got up. Everything was perfect!! I couldn't feel more proud of myself.
It was time to decorate, phone set was put...
