“You shouldn’t be involved in this!”
She looked at the file in her hands, the perfectly calculated numbers, the labor of love. Shattered, she let the sheaf drop to the floor, pages scattering like leaves.
“I thought I could help. I’m bored.” She shifted the growing weight of her abdomen and turned to leave. A flurry of kicks brought her up short and she sucked in her breath. He met her gaze and the anger melted away. Reaching out a hand, he tentatively laid it on her belly.
“I don’t make the rules, I just play by them,” he whispered.
This post is part of Velvet Verbosity’s 100 Word Challenge. The word this week, courtesy of guestposter Auroralee is Game. This post falls continues with the same characters in my other 100 word posts.
Interesting… I wonder what’s all involved in this game that this couple finds themselves involved in…. very nice.
I love the gamut of emotions your characters go through in so few words. Nicely done!
Great write:-)
A lot of intense emotions here. Pregnancy will do that to everyone. Nice treatment of the prompt.
I like this – shows many emotions – all true to the characters.
I enjoyed reading this- you’re a talented writer. Just stopping by to thank you for leaving such a sweet comment on My 3 Little Birds : )