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Huh

December 19, 2015 2 Comments

Huh

By Joshua Swainston

“Oh, yeah, I forgot to tell you, Tiffany Prost is gonna stay over Thursday night next week.” Robert sat at the dining table drinking coffee.

“Tiffany, your ex-girlfriend?” Laura looked up from her cereal.

“Yeah. She’s doing this cross-country, new wave, couch-surfing thing. She’s passing through and asked if we could put her up for the night.”

“When did you arrange this?”

“I don’t know. A few days ago, I think.”

“When were you gonna tell me about this?”

“I’m telling you now.”

“Huh.” Laura raised an eyebrow and returned to breakfast.

“What is ‘huh’ suppose to mean?”

“Oh, just huh.”

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  1. Bobby Warner says

    December 19, 2015 at 12:56 pm

    Another unexpected ending in today’s offerings. I’m betting that Laura will have plenty more to say!

    Reply
  2. J R Hampton says

    December 19, 2015 at 3:33 pm

    One little word that says so much!

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