Back Again

50 word micro-fiction prompt — “She broke down and let me in”

Photo by Jan Tinneberg on Unsplash

I walked to the opened door with blood on my knuckles, bald patches where hair was ripped out, and a limp I feared I would not correct.

She stood covering her face while tears stained her shirt.

I was barely able to croak the one word I missed saying.

“Mom.”

Inspired by Never Going Back Again by Fleetwood Mac