reedsymarketplace
Hire professionals for your project
reedsyblog
Advice, insights and news
reedsylearning
Online publishing courses
reedsylive
Free publishing webinars
reedsydiscovery
Launch your book in style
Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2025
Submitted to Contest #323
Step on a crack…break your mother’s back. That is how we got here-the idea that tiny things could destroy the people I love. I look down at my hands, violently scrubbing each other, for the fourth time. I wonder if she hears me. I scrub faster. Germs. I don’t want to contaminate my home, my baby, or my family. I scrub. Again. Hot water burns, but not enough. Five. Six. Seven. I count how many times I scour both sides. Ten. I look down at my hands, now turned bright red from the continuous scrubbing under scalding hot water. The sting feels l...
Oops, you need an account for that!
Log in with your social account:
Or enter your email:
2 likes
