Waiting in the Dark
It was past midnight now and Alison lay in bed listening. Tiffany wasn’t back yet, and so she waited.
Eventually she heard a car stop and then drive off. The front door opening and closing, and Tiffany’s soft footsteps coming up the stairs. Not long after that, Tiffany gently slipped into the bed, presumably so not to wake Alison, and then she turned over and went to sleep.
Tomorrow Alison could ask Tiffany where she was spending her time every late evening this week, but then she was terrified of what Tiffany might actually say…
Joanne Fisher
Word count: 94 + prompt
This was written with the prompt midnight provided by Sammi Cox’s Weekend Writing Prompt #300.
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The truths we avoid, the fears that destroy. Nice one. 🙂
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Thanks 🙂
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Wonderfully written, Joanne. I could feel Alison’s apprehension 🙂
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Thanks 🙂
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Very well written indeed. It’s not easy to capture emotion like that in so short a story. 🙂
Of course, give your usual writing themes, I’ve also come to the suspicion that Tiffany is out that late because she’s a vampire. 😀 😀
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I hadn’t thought of that. That would put an interesting twist on it 😉
Thanks 👍
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👍 🤣
Now you have a sequel to sink your teeth into. 😀
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