By Marj
Something pops in the corner of her ear.
The discordant ping of a text message. Not one of the phantom buzzes that makes her adrenaline spike.
From him.
“Meet me at Fourth and Dime.”
Where the heck is that? she thinks, scrabbling to find the map icon on the screen. Damn phone, it’s supposed to be simple. If only she knew how to work it.
She grabs her wedding dress bag and sprints down the street, skipping round those who are in her way. If only they knew today is the day.
Reaching the Metro, she plunges down into her future.
Wonderful story. “If only she knew how to work it,” sums up how a lot of us relate to today’s communication devices. The last line of the story is mind-blowing with it’s [plunging] down into the future. That really distorts my sense of what movement in time toward the future could be like. Five Stars for this one, Marj!
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