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Submitted to Contest #28
"Do you always judge people before you get to know them?" Her words struck me like a dagger, but she was right. I had judged her unmercifully and, of course, unfairly and incorrectly. She got up and left the room. I followed her. This was very uncharacteristic of me. I didn't follow her to apologize, although an apology was very much in order. I followed her to ask her for a date. I was a shy Southern boy lacking in social graces, lower middle class at best. Susan was obviously way above “my class”.She was ascending the oval staircase to her...
Submitted to Contest #24
I had no idea where I was, or how long I had been here. I felt a 5 o’clock shadow on my face so I guessed I had only been here a day or less, maybe less than 12 hours. I don’t remember anything about what I had been doing prior to my arrival and how I got here. I was in a supine position on a stainless-steel examining table, or at least I assumed it was stainless steel. It was cold, there was no cloth or paper covering to lessen the irritating cold on my skin, my naked skin. I sat up and saw a woman on another examining table about 4 feet aw...
Submitted to Contest #22
Auld Lang SyneDecember 25, 2019. Susan was very quiet. I wasn’t good at reading her emotions despite having been with her for over two years. That was one of my faults she occasionally threw in my face. But I knew she wasn’t happy. “Susan, what’s wrong. Don’t you like the jewelry I bought you?” She didn’t answer. I persisted. “Susan, please talk to me.”“If you can’t figure it out, then we have deeper problems.”“What do you mean?”“Do you really not realize I was expecting an engagement ring?”I answered, “We have more than enough time to go th...
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