Lady Time


The Lady lounged in her luxurious bubble bath in her suite on the top floor of the Elixir Spa Resort Hotel and Leisure Complex, with soft gentle music playing in the background, and the heart-shaped bathtub vibrating gently, massaging her already relaxed shoulders.

She put her head back onto the soft, pillow-like edge of the bath, took a sip of her Elsingham champagne, returned the glass to the stand beside the bath and closed her eyes. Her mobile phone screeched on the stand, totally destroying the moment.

Grumbling, she climbed out of the bath, wrapping herself in a white robe, and looked at the phone’s display: The Dropped Apostrophe.

‘I’m off duty, what do you…’ she was interrupted by the Apostrophe’s anxious voice saying, ‘it’s only me… I’m just making sure that everything is in order for our new guests when they arrive.’

‘Apostrophe,’ The Lady didn’t hide her frustration, ‘as I told you in the restaurant earlier, and then in the corridor, and then when you called the room telephone forty-five minutes ago, this is a hotel, it isn’t only a ‘lair’, it is a working concern, and as such everything is in order… the rooms are available, ready and waiting for the next guest… the next twenty… the next fifty… now stop asking me, please, and let me enjoy my night off’; not waiting for another word she switched the mobile off and unplugged the landline’s main socket from the wall.

Posted for Six Sentence Stories. This week’s prompt word is Heart.

14 responses to “Lady Time”

  1. Sue Dreamwalker avatar

    The dropped apostrophe strikes again… How dare he interrupt her night off xx

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    1. Tom avatar

      He doesn’t think about things like that, Sue. He’s a despicable supervillain.

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  2. europasicewolf avatar

    How very rude of the Dropped Apostrophe! No rest fir the wicked I guess!😉

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    1. Tom avatar

      No rest for these lot it seems (although they have had a few months off!), Icewolf.

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      1. europasicewolf avatar

        They’re definitely not due any more time off ! They’ve had more than their fair share already🤣

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  3. Chris Hall avatar

    Dropped Apostrophe, tsk-tsk!!

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    1. Tom avatar

      You tell ‘im, Chris! 😃

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  4. Frank Hubeny avatar

    I like her reasoning: “this is a hotel, it isn’t only a ‘lair’, it is a working concern, and as such everything is in order” Whether The Dropped Apostrophe can follow it or not remains to be seen (or read about).

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    1. Tom avatar

      I think they are all clueless in their own way, Frank! 😊

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  5. clark avatar

    The boy can be kind of a Richard.
    (But, as we all know, the bad guy/girl characters get to have all the fun*)

    *Don’t tell anyone, but writing them has a secret fringe benefit… vicariously-speaking, if ya get my drift.

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    1. Tom avatar

      Writing the villains is fun, Clark. Although, they do write themselves!

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  6. messymimi's meanderings avatar

    Disturb a lady in her bath at your own risk!

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    1. Tom avatar

      Exactly, Mimi. I’m sure the Apostrophe will find out why in due course!

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