MICROFICTION

She Disappeared in the Rain

And now she’s drenched to the skin

Photo by Eunice Stahl on Unsplash

An attractive, tall, raven-haired beauty in her mid-thirties was struggling with her umbrella, trapped in a sewer grate, as Sheriff Thomas Anderson arrived. “Bloody hell! My brolly has gotten itself stuck in this grate. Could you please be so kind as to help me free it?”