Freewrite: Tuesday - Prompt: deodorize

In less than an hour or so, Christopher had accomplished what he had been unable to in over a fortnight. He had for a start, found the strength, or was it the will, to empty the ferment in the dustbin by the door.

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The plates and the cups and the cutlery unwashed since a fortnight ago were all cleaned up. The paper work on his study table that he had been too busy to tidy up was all filed in the shelves. The cobwebs were all clear now. The backyard was clean swept, the tiles well mopped, and the widows sparkling dusted.

More than that, he had scrubbed the stained washroom floor that he had been unbothered to attend to for weeks. The pajamas that had lain soaked in the basin for days, were also now hanging on the rinse line.

Finally he sighed, relieved the pinch on his nose had reduced. A few minutes with the windows open, and the foul smell that had not mattered until a moment ago when Claire, this damsel he was courting, called saying she was coming around, would be gone.

But to be sure, he decided he would simply deodorize the washroom especially. And luckily for him, the supermarket was just a stone throw away, he made a call for home delivery.

And trust the deodorant, the effect was instant, as the lemon crisp took the place of ferment odour. For all he cared, Claire could now come.

And what an impression the sparkling sweet smelling house would make! He reminisced, when his cellphone rang: Claire. He quickly picked, “Hello”

For a minute after the phone went silent, Chris kept shaking his head, angrily!