Start & Finish Your Story in 10 Minutes | Today's Prompt: "Please. Break Up With Him For Me."

*Prompt of the Day* You are in a crowded public place, like a mall, when a stranger suddenly hands you a note that reads, **"Please break up with him for me."**. Along with the note, they hand you an envelope containing $1,000—which is exactly the amount of money you desperately need to replace a ring belonging to your sister that you lost. *Summary of the 4 Story Ideas* *Heidi:* Heidi finds the boyfriend in a bookstore browsing books about old cars, so she attempts to break up with him using a car analogy, telling him his relationship is "on empty". *George:* While shopping for a wedding suit, George approaches the boyfriend and lies, saying he has also been seeing the girlfriend. The boyfriend explodes in anger and threatens to break George's nose. *Melinda:* Melinda spots the boyfriend waiting in an ice cream line, thinks he is cute, and flirts with him using a cheesy joke. He misses the hint and simply replies that he has a girlfriend. *Zachary:* Zachary approaches the boyfriend in a parking garage and bluntly tells him the truth: his girlfriend just paid him $1,000 to break up with him. In response, the boyfriend just starts laughing. *Summary of the MicroStory* Melinda approaches the boyfriend, who is waiting in line for ice cream. She flirts with him but he says he has a girlfriend. She tells him not anymore and tells him that his girlfriend paid her $200 (it was really $1000) to break up with him. She brazenly steals the ice cream he bought for his girlfriend, and finding each other attractive, they decide to go blow the money in a nearby gambling town called Las V. They spend the night gambling, drinking, and winning at the tables. The guy is have great luck--they lose a few times, but it's mostly win, win, win. Melinda can't believe how much they've won. She's loving this break-up. It's the bes tone she's ever hand. When they stumble back to their hotel room at 3 or 4 a.m., they are shocked to find the original girlfriend waiting for them. She reveals that **the entire breakup was a setup designed to boost the boyfriend's confidence and "get his gambling game back"**. The boyfriend drunkenly passes out on the bed after slurring that Melinda is his new girlfriend. The original girlfriend tells Melinda to break up with him, then empties his pockets, hands all the money to Melinda and says: "looks like you just took all his money and left town. I guess you're broken up."