3116. Saint Valentine’s Nay © Bruce Goodman 14 February 2025

Valentine’s Day! My name is Matilda. I am so excited because this is the first Valentine’s Day since I got my new boyfriend. His name is Ernest. We are inseparable. We were made for each other. It’s going to last forever. My mother can’t belief how I’ve ended up with someone so nice. Eek! I can hardly breath! A van has pulled up at our gate and a man from the florist is walking up our drive. The doorbell has rung! I open the door and he hands me a bouquet of flowers. They are yellow roses wrapped in black paper. There’s a note that says “Sorry”. The delivery man must’ve come to the wrong house. Ernest wouldn’t do that. He’d tell me to my face. I’m going to phone him. “I presume it wasn’t you that sent me the yellow roses wrapped in black paper.” “Yes. It was.” “You could have at least sent me a message.” “What do you think I just did?” Contact Author Back to Index Next Story Previous Story