“Find the red door,” the note said. “Climb up, then up some more.”
Michael felt a smile spread inside his belly. Helen never could resist a rhyme. It’s how he knew it had to be her. Even after all this time. Even when the printed letters could have been typed by anyone.
He knew.
And it warmed a place in him that he had forgotten could be thawed.
The basement’s entrance was not much to look at. The stairs and walls had all seen better days.
So had they.
And yet, there they were.
Climbing up, then up some more.
For Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers
Photo prompt: © Roger Bultot
Na'ama Yehuda 
Awww… I love this, Na’ama! Such a sweet tale!
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🙂 Thank you, my friend! This looks a lot like a NYC building … I wonder if the photo was taken in the City. These old buildings have a lot of stories to tell. 🙂
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Hmm… You’d have to ask Roger 😉
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Yep. We’ll see if it’ll come up in other comments … 😉 But, either way, it feels familiar as far as the ‘decor’ … 😉
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LOL ! I have faith.
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LOL! Rochelle helped! 🙂
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We all need stories of hope these days
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Amen to that, Neil! And it is the small things, often, that make for hope’s thread.
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Na’ama Y’karah,
Who doesn’t enjoy a story of enduring love? Sweet story.
Yes, the building is in NYC. Roger lives there and is constantly sending pictures. 😀
Shalom,
Rochelle aka Baby Snooks 😉
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AHA! I do love it when I’m proven right! 🙂
Gotta check with Roger where in NYC he is.
🙂
Na’ama
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Lower East Side, near Chinatown. 😀
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Yep, Looks about right for that. I thought it was either that or Hell’s Kitchen. But, in truth, there are many of these buildings everywhere. I do love NYC! 🙂
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Short, sweet and effective.
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Thank you! 🙂 Rochelle only ‘allows’ us 100 words so … 😉
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Tender love encapsulated in a few lines, makes the reader want to know the whole back story.
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I think I wanna know the back story, too! 🙂 And, so glad this communicated!!!
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🌺 🌸 🌼 🌻 🌞
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A union made in heaven! Simply delightful Na’ama.
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Thanks, Keith! 🙂 Seems like it, right?
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Keeping the romance and the fun alive. Wonderful.
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Yay, thanks, Linda! Here’s to keeping fun alive! Amen. 🙂
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‘Michael felt a smile spread inside his belly.’ I love that sentence. And the whole hope-filled story.
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🙂 So glad you liked this sentence, and the little story! 🙂 The image made me smile, too! 🙂
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Such a sweet story. It feels like proof the true love never dies. ❤
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🙂 Thank you, Anne! I believe that love rarely does die, even if it can sometimes change or become complicated. And then there are those very lucky unchanged ones … 😉
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i hope he’s not disappointed. 🙂
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Ha! I hope so, too! 😉 Though I think he’ll be okay …
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Very sweet 🙂
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🙂 Sometimes sweet is just what the palate wants. … 😉
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Very poetic. Says so much in few words. I like it.
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Thank you, Oneta! 🙂 Glad you read and commented!
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Twist, he meets foul play! Only in my warped mind. I like the rhyming they have between them.
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Ah, I don’t know what he meets, but I think in this particular scene, he meets different kind of play … 😉
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A sweet tale. As long as it really is Helen up there waiting for him… 🙂
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I’m being an optimist and saying yes … 😉
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Nice story f expectation. Time heals so they say, let’s see if their relationship can be rekindled.
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Amen to that, and indeed, who knows, eh?! 🙂
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Such a touching tale Na’ama. I really enjoy your joyful writing.
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Thank you! This was a fun one to write! 🙂 I do love reunions!
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A beautiful story, Na’ama, of long-lasting love!
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Thank you, Brenda! Here’s to love!
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Beautiful! 😀
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Thank you! 🙂
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I like that warm climb.
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🙂 Glad!
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Awww – what a purely delightful story. You’ve written it beautifully, Na’ama. The structure is impeccable. When I read your last line “Climbing up, then up some more” I had a great glow of pleasure. Really well done!
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Thank you, Penny! I’m so glad this flowed, and that the structure worked. 🙂 I loved the photo and all the options it represented. 🙂
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I love the way the story builds up, with a subtle suspense about how it will end. Like the line ‘warmed a place in him that he’d forgotten could be thawed.’ Glad it ended happily.
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Thank you for this comment! I am glad it ended happily, too … 😉
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I love that he recognizes his soulmate through the meaning and choice of words because he is aware anyone could have written that note.
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Yes. Isn’t that amazing how sometimes the heart knows?! 🙂
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The happy ending was a pleasant surprise for me. I thought he’d been mistaken about who typed the notes!
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I’m glad you liked it! 🙂 Sometimes happy endings are real … 😉
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