Fortune teller in big trouble

Fortune teller

Short Story

David was at third page of his comic book suddenly heard email alert so swiped up screen to unlock of his smart phone to read and the topic was fortune teller in big trouble

After finishing her fortune teller studies, Elena decided to open business but had no money to hire a place where she could sit and tell fates of customers. So she borrowed credit from bank and opened her road side cabin near plaza de oriente Madrid which often surrounded flung with tourists.

One day a young American tourist came, asking Elena foretells his fate. It was her first visitor so when she looking at his line of hands, told he is being romantic nature, but cannot tolerate wrongdoing in any place. His name was James. When he listened, agreed with her full and right saying. Then she told him about his marriages, kids, fortune and so on. But Elena hided bad future predictions that might confront in his life. So after handing over her 50 euro, James left with smile.

Later Elena foretell other visitors and kept the same tone. The reason she was afraid that if she would foretell her clients, unpleasant happenings might put them in sadness. Overall she wanted to see smile in their faces and not sorrow.

It was afternoon, Elena felt hungry so she took a lunch break and walked inside restaurant outlet, there ordered her meal and sat in the table. She let her mom through WhatsApp message that she was happy and started earning from today. When she filled her appetite, returned back to her place to resume fortune telling.

One day Elena was waiting for customers but no one arrived yet so she begun looking at her own hand but when found some bad prediction about herself so she got worried, prayed to God lest to not happen with her. 

Despite her wish, Elena couldn't spared herself from bad prediction, fell in trouble when one day a Spanish secret service had taken her away for interrogation. There she confronted an officer whom she lied about foretelling few days ago that he would win the lottery but actually he had lost. Elena became so embarrassed that she offered her apology but was not accepted and instead instructed her to shut down her fortune telling business immediately. She tried to convince him but failed then she offered grieving officer to return money that he loosen so agreed and let her go but issued a warning to her that they would check her in after disguise and if she found in predicting wrong fortune telling again would not be spared.

That was the lesson that Elena learned and since then she changed her tone and decided to tell both good and bad foretelling before her clients in fortune telling.

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