Thursday 31 October 2019

Friday Fictioneers - Empty House



1 November 2019

Published October 30, 2019 by rochellewisoff

FRIDAY FICTIONEERS



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PHOTO PROMPT © Fatima Fakier Deria


Empty House

Toby came home to an empty house every day after school.  He was 12 years old and quite capable of looking after himself.  He saw the empty food containers, the clean glass and quickly scurried to the kitchen to prepare his lunch box for the next day.

He thought he would just have a rest before he prepared the evening meal when he saw his mum’s leather case on the table.  She was going to be so angry when she got home from her long commute.  He just had a peek at the paperwork.  Two words jumped out – Decree Nisi.

Word count: 100

5 comments:

  1. At 12 years old, I would be surprised he knew what that meant! Then again, he is a most self-sufficient child...

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  2. Perhaps they should have told Toby what was going on rather than have him find out this day. Tough break.

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  3. Seems his lonely existence is about to become more so. A sorry story indeed.

    Here's my contribution!

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  4. So sad. He's going to have to become even more self-sufficient.

    But thanks for making me look up a term I didn't know :)

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