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Condensation

September 15, 2016 7 Comments

Condensation

By Shannon McPherson

She sat next to him on the couch, her hands placed delicately on her knees. He was sprawled out, his arm flung over her shoulder.

Condensation formed on the outside of his beer bottle. She watched it trickle down the glass, toward his fingers. She knew she should wipe away the water before it reached his hand, but she couldn’t get her legs to move. Sucking in a breath, she tried to focus on the television.

She ran her thumb over the faded red spot on her wrist. The burn had already started to heal, just like he said it would.

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  1. Jazz says

    September 15, 2016 at 11:49 am

    Shannon,
    Well done. Your images were superb………

    Reply
  2. John La Briola says

    September 15, 2016 at 10:56 pm

    Chilling. Effective, fine writing.

    Reply
  3. sueannporter1 says

    September 16, 2016 at 6:16 pm

    Wow. Great description of her fear.

    Reply
  4. Bobby Warner says

    September 17, 2016 at 10:25 am

    Your last line is a stunner. Great job, Shannon.

    Reply
  5. tth says

    September 20, 2016 at 4:45 pm

    Frightening but so well done.

    Reply
  6. Nataliia Totka says

    October 6, 2016 at 12:01 pm

    whattttttt???? did he do that to her?
    goosebumps))

    Reply
  7. C L King (@CLKing_writes) says

    November 5, 2016 at 10:50 pm

    Nicely done.

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