Everyone warned her as usual.
“This is not for you…”
“Don't forget you are a woman…”
“Can't you see the difficulties?”
“Don't take this path.”
“It's dangerous!”
“You can earn better name and fame elsewhere.”
It wasn't just a question of name and fame…
She never thought of herself while wading through perils.
She had to undertake alarming tasks everyday.
Thanks to terrorism, she had already earned ‘six minutes of fame' innumerable times.
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| PHOTO PROMPT © Liz Young |
The world's best bomb-diffuser knew that if she cut the wrong wire, it would be her last ‘six minutes of fame.'
What motivates someone to not be selfish and sacrifice ‘me-time'? Why do some undertake dangerous jobs and attempt to save the world? Do you feel ‘me-time' is more important than time being spent for the service of others or the world?
100 words short story for-
#Barathon – Day 6- ‘Six Minutes Of Fame'
Friday Fictioneers,
#MidWeekFlash Challenge-63
#IndiSpire -230 #MeTime
