By Simon Hole
She waltzed in, shifty eyes scanning the joint till she found me. A true actress, shifty transformed into wide-eyed innocence, like she hadn’t been searching for me these past six years.
I gave her the once over and said, “You look good, Nina.” And she did. She’d followed me across three star systems and looked exactly as she had that night on Traxton Four: flowing blonde hair, crimson lips, curves in all the right places. And those dark eyes, those slightly maniacal dark eyes.
“You should’ve called,” she said, pulling a needle gun from her purse. “You really should have called.”
This takes a woman scorned to a whole new level……..
A good old science fiction murder story–love it, Simon! Nice, twist/unexpected ending, too.
Marvelous story.
Didn’t expect the needle gun, very good twist. Makes me want to know more!
I know, right? Was it a one night stand or did they have a longer relationship? Has he been running from a crazy lady all these years, or is he just afraid of making a commitment? I love writing these 101 word stories, but the characters keep telling me to give more backstory which of course makes for a much longer piece of writing. Example The Meal (https://101words.org/the-meal/) became Last Meal (http://www.theflashfictionpress.org/2016/07/05/last-meal/).
i think, she’s hot and bad-ass…possibly psycho)) or on a super secret mission and she just gonna tranquilize him to save his life??))
Fun to read. I love that you made it a space story and placed revenge in it.