Like I told the officer, Detective, there was no way he was doing it. And that was that, I thought. Things weren’t great between them; she was beginning to grate on his nerves. Then he called me yesterday and told me about her ultimatum. I asked him what he was going to do and he said he was going to let her expire. “Her,” not “it.”
(Exactly 66 words)
Written for Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Story Starter Saturday Mix, where the story starter is “There was no way he was doing it. And that was that…”
Also written for Linda G. Hill’s Stream of Consiousness Saturday prompt, where the words are great and grate.
Also written for Sammi Cox’s Weekend Writing Prompt, where the prompt is expire in exactly 66 words.
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