“This is shocking,” Janice said.
“Actually,” Sharon said, “it’s typical of him.
“He never did have a good sense of timing,” William added.
“That’s an understatement,” Janice said. “Everything he said or did was at the wrong time and the wrong place.”
“So we shouldn’t be at all surprised that her ex-husband, and our estranged father, would send a bouquet of flowers and a “Get Well Soon” helium balloon on the day of Mom’s funeral,” Sharon said.
“Once an ass, always and ass,” William said.
“I still think it’s shocking,” Janice said.
“And I still think it’s typical,” Sharon said.
(100 words)
Written for Rochelle Wisoff-Fields’ Friday Fictioneers prompt. Photo credit: Rochelle Wisoff-Fields.
This, That, and the Other 
Bad timings or bad luck
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I wonder why an estranged father would send flowers at all.
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Guilt, maybe.
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Here’s something of a father for us to ponder. Good God; this girl is being punished for having the child.
https://m.facebook.com/IndisputableTYT2/videos/sexual-predator-granted-custody-child-support-of-his-victims-child/997975680904240/
Sexual Predator Granted Custody [and]
Child Support of his Victim’s Child
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A better estranged dad approach (haven’t figure out what year this was published, suppose I could):
https://people.com/movies/kate-hudson-talks-estrangement-father-bill-children-41-year-old-issue/
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And this triple attempt at naming a child preceded — perhaps foreshadowed — a re-naming by a grown child of Musk’s:
https://www.fatherly.com/news/birth-certificate-elon-musk-grimes-name-change
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awesome story Fandango! ❤
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Thanks.
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That worked really well 😊
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Thank you!
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