50 WORD MICROFICTION
Just When You Thought It Was Over…
Thrifty Words Challenge #11: Late
Published in
Nov 11, 2020
I was shipping out — at the door, bag in hand — when someone knocked on the other side.
Angela.
I hadn’t seen her for weeks.
She was standing there, skin a bit blotchy through her makeup, looking tired and afraid.
“What’s wrong”, I asked?
She looked into my eyes.
“I’m late…”
Copyright © Damian Clarke 2020.
On Medium, Damian Clarke writes for The Bad Influence and An Idea, 97 Things I Learned as a Stay-at-Home Dad and Our Albion. In the outside world, he writes for The Fifth Estate, The Green List, various other publications from time-to-time, and a range of corporate clients.
