Even as a kid, he used to love solving puzzles and jigsaws.
That ability had boosted his career as a homicide detective.
Yet he found himself unable to solve life’s latest puzzle for him – love.
This post was written in response to the Three Line Tales, Week 225 prompt by Sonya. Thanks to Sonya for hosting this challenge. If you want to participate, please visit the link for instructions and other guidelines!
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Oh, I really love this!
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Thank you so much, Aashi. I was a bit unsure of this one. Thanks for proving me wrong. 🙂
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My pleasure 🙂
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♥️🤗
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Love, eh? Well Y’know what it does to people. 😂😂
Good one!
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Yes! It’s most beautiful and confusing feeling.Thank you, Bharath.
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You have written a very good story!
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Thank you so much, Sadje. ♥️🤗
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I loved the last line.
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I’m so happy to hear that. I almost took a different route with the ending.
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You’re choose the right one.
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Thank you. 😁
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A neat little snippet of life. Will he or won’t he figure it out? 🙂
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Exactly. Poor guy. Thank you, Christine. ♥️
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Oh WOW, that’s really good, Shweta!!
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Thank you so much, Rhen! ♥️
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You’re always most welcome!
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♥️🤗
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Good one Shweta..!!
Love is indeed a most wonderful and confusing feeling ❤️❤️
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Indeed. It is. Thank you so much, Anushka. ♥️
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Tell him love is not a puzzle, it’s a trap!
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He’ll figure out soon enough. Thank you, Harsh.
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It is so amazing to achieve something of this sort in three lines…am so impressed!!
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This is a weekly challenge. This is my 19th three line story. Thank you so much. I’m so very happy to hear that.
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Love needs you to be a different kind of a detective!
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Indeed. It’s a very puzzling mystery. Thank you so much, Soniaji.
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Simple, short and complete story, superb!!
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Thank you so much. ♥️
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Beautiful, deep and relatable. loved it!!
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Thank you so much, Arushi. ♥️
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Well written. Yes, love’s always been a bit of a mystery!!
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Indeed. Thank you so much, Miriam. ♥️🤗
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haha I think no one can figure that out – Love! ❤️
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It is a very tough nut to crack. Thanks for reading.
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Wow this was amazing, Shweta and the picture too was so apt with your story.
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Thank you so much, Kamalji. I’m so happy to hear that. ♥️
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You are welcome Shweta.
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♥️🤗
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He’s not alone, most of the humanity is puzzled by the phenomenon of love! It indeed is intriguing.
Lovely tale Shweta. Great job with the prompt.
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Indeed. So true. Thank you so much, Anagha. I’m so happy to hear that.
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Awww, that’s sad. Lovely take, Shweta. 🙂
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That’s life. Thank you so much for reading, Aishwarya.
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True, you are welcome, Shweta. 🙂
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♥️🤗
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Oh, love is a puzzle impossible to solve!
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Indeed! Thank you for reading ♥️🤗
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Love it!
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Thank you so much for reading! ♥️🤗
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I have a question, if you can answer.
What exactly is a Three Line Tale?
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Hey, Harsh. Sorry for the late response. The link is included in my post. Feel free to check it out. It’s a story in three lines inspired by the given picture prompt.
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Okay. Thanks.
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You’re very welcome. 🙂 The challenge is open till the next Wednesday, I guess.
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Okay. Thanks again.🙂
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My pleasure 😊
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Ooh this reminds me of a lot of crime shows!
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Any show in particular?
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Yeah it reminded me of this show called Lucifer
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Ohh I like that show. But I haven’t seen the last few seasons
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Yeah I stopped watching after like season 4 but it was good
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Yes! It was very good. These days, I don’t have to time to binge-watch series
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Yeah it’s hard to binge when you’re busy
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Indeed!
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