Frank, her first fiancé, was obsessed with a single colour, often clothed head to toe in yellow.
"He looks like a tall glass of custard!" her mother once complained. "He better not marry you, dressed like that"
He didn't.
Contracting yellow fever on a trip abroad, he died of complications.
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This is a 50-word story written using @mariannewest's @freewritehouse prompts "single color" and "previous engagement"
This is the 385th fifty-word story in the Humpbuckle Tales series. You can find all the tales reblogged on the @humpbuckletales account.
Humpbuckle Tales are 50-word stories set in the fictional world(s) of Humpbuckle-on-sea.
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