DRABBLE
The Debt Collector
A Drabble a Day
This prompt A Drabble a Day is by Me in The Fiction Writer’s Den. The word today is LIGAMENT.
Dale had torn a ligament, which pretty much spelled the end of his baseball season. Which was why he was home when the tall man came knocking.
“Is your mother home?” the man asked.
Dale didn’t like the look of the guy and didn’t want to admit she wasn’t. So, instead, he said, “She’s busy. Can I help you?”
The man considered this. His eyes said he didn’t believe the teen.
“Your mother owes me a rather large settlement,” he said as he opened his briefcase. Something moved inside. Dale stretched forward to see.
“I suppose you’ll have to do.”
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