Dec 2009
It was a cold evening. I was driving back home when I saw this woman, standing beside her car. I could see that she was so very distraught with worry and stress. 
As she looked helplessly once again at the machinery under the bonnet, I stopped by and asked her, “Can I help you?”
She looked at me gratefully and stepped aside.
I looked at all the terminals and the clamp connections and then I saw a leakage in the cooling system. Since it was a something beyond my expertise with the cars, I called up my mechanic, Jay.
Jay assured that the tow truck would arrive in 15 minutes. I suggested that we grab some coffee, just across the road. Her eyes showed a slight hesitation but soon gave way to a smile.
Her phone was dead, so she made a call to her husband from my phone.
We chatted for a while about this and that and soon Jay came with his tow truck. I offered to stay with her, till her husband arrived but she insisted that I left as it was getting late.
“You are a real trooper. I can’t thank you enough, but you must leave now”, she said with finality.
As I said my goodbye to her, she smiled warmly at me.
Jan 2014
I am meeting my prospective in-laws for the first time today. While, the dad-in-law is a bit wary of me and is sizing me up. I must say, his silence is driving me crazy. The mother-in-law though also, hasn’t spoken a word, but her warm smile is giving me a lot of comfort.
“So, young man, tell us about yourself?”, boomed the old man’s voice.
Before, I could say anything, my MIL said with that trademark warm smile, “He is a real trooper and is perfect for our daughter.”
As I absorbed her words, and tried to make sense of it, I looked at her deeply and in that very instant, I realized, it’s a small world!!
This is a fiction written for the Write Tribe’s Wednesday Prompt 2014 #2 It’s a small world
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33 Responses
It’s a small world indeed, lovely take on the prompt 😀
You never know how a random act of kindness will come back to help you out in the future, do you 🙂
The good you do returns to you, nicely crafted story Shilpa 🙂
It’s a small world, indeed! But it helps to have a mechanic’s phone number in the cell phone 😛
Destination Infinity
Life does come a full circle. And an MIL already impressed with you is most definitely a result of good karma 😀 *tough task achieved*
It truly is a small world. Very nicely portrayed. Good deeds have a way of being returned ten fold – karma or is it fated?
Love it love it love it.. That was my kind of a story.. Warm and happy.
Wow! 🙂
The trooper is rewarded! 😀
Always love happy endings ! 🙂
PhenoMenon
It is a small world indeed. Loved this short fictional story.
Helping out, humility, gratitude are some vitals which should be inbuilt into our machinery. And helping someone should be voluntary without hoping that some time your favour will be returned.
Lovely! Usually they say Karma is a bitch… but it is such a wonderful thing in cases like these 🙂
Aw! Lovely take on the prompt 🙂
Indeed, such meetings make us realize, the world is a small place!
Thank God, it is! 😀
If the whole world was so kind, it would have been such an amazing place to live in. Hope such stories inspire us and we make this world a little better!
Love karma? Is she marrying again? Why? so many questions ….
But , a very creative take on the prompt, Shilpa:)
You helped the lady in distress as a good Samaritan. She will never forget you.A good act, very nicely portrayed.
Life is always full of such happy co-inidences rt!
Ha ha.. I wish all were so lucky..chance encounters really move things in life..I am a big believer of chance and totally believe that everything happens for a reason and the reason is always good
That is such a sweet story Shilpa… I have always strongly believed in karma. Whatever ever goes around does come around 🙂
It’s a small world indeed…such a nice tale…I tried to guess who would the woman be in the second part…couldn’t have guessed it would be the MIL…nicely written 🙂
That was so sweet! Indeed the world is a small place, filled with happy coincidences!
As they say what goes round, come round…yup Karma!
Very nice story 🙂
What goes around, comes around… Good things too 🙂
They say do one good a day.
I say…do just one good in your lifetime and never harm anyone by your actions.
lovely little story Shilpa! such a nice read 🙂
Excellent. Loved reading this post. Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. It could happen in real life.
He must be a real trooper. 😉
Lucky guy. Lovely story.
Yes, Shilpa, he is blessed with great in-laws, a rarity indeed!! It’s a small world!
very nice story..enjoyed reading it 🙂
Shilpa!just wow! I was thinking this is an anecdote and you gave me a real surprise! Kudos!
Beautiful story, Shilpa. One can never know where our deeds can take us and let us strive to be good and gentle souls 😉
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Such a sweet story!, it even brought a smile on my face. 🙂
Loved it Shilpa 🙂
Loved this one. Very sweet… 🙂
What a beautiful story! life has come to a full circle.A good deed done never goes unnoticed by Him.