| General Fiction posted January 6, 2020 |
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A 100-Word Flash Fiction
New Year Awakening
by Y. M. Roger
The author has placed a warning on this post for language.
Arriving home, Trent found moving boxes on the porch. Frowning, he followed a trail of them inside.
“What’s all this?”
Melanie, his wife of thirty years, beamed up at him.
“I found the tickets to Tahiti! It’s wonderful!”
Trent swallowed hard. He’d so wanted this conversation to go differently – to let her down easily about Emily. He knew she’d be crushed.
“But, Mel,” Trent knelt, touched her shoulder, “the tickets aren’t for the two of us.”
Melanie cracked up laughing at his seriousness.
“I know that, Jackass!” Melanie shook her head in pity. “It’s not my stuff in the boxes!”
Arriving home, Trent found moving boxes on the porch. Frowning, he followed a trail of them inside.
“What’s all this?”
Melanie, his wife of thirty years, beamed up at him.
“I found the tickets to Tahiti! It’s wonderful!”
Trent swallowed hard. He’d so wanted this conversation to go differently – to let her down easily about Emily. He knew she’d be crushed.
“But, Mel,” Trent knelt, touched her shoulder, “the tickets aren’t for the two of us.”
Melanie cracked up laughing at his seriousness.
“I know that, Jackass!” Melanie shook her head in pity. “It’s not my stuff in the boxes!”
“What’s all this?”
Melanie, his wife of thirty years, beamed up at him.
“I found the tickets to Tahiti! It’s wonderful!”
Trent swallowed hard. He’d so wanted this conversation to go differently – to let her down easily about Emily. He knew she’d be crushed.
“But, Mel,” Trent knelt, touched her shoulder, “the tickets aren’t for the two of us.”
Melanie cracked up laughing at his seriousness.
“I know that, Jackass!” Melanie shook her head in pity. “It’s not my stuff in the boxes!”
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#214 2020 |
Just a little New Year's story-tellin' to keep warm, folks... wink-wink! :) Thank you for reading me! ;)
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