Saturday, April 05, 2008

• WWC#2

  Weekly Writing Challenge Here is the second challenge.

  Challenge 2 :

  You come home and listen to your phone messages. You freeze on the third message. Write about it.

  It's dark and very late. Suddenly I sit up in bed. I am not sure what awakened me but I am wide awake now. I notice the light on my phone blinking. I snatch up the phone in a panic and wonder why I did not hear it ring. I call and listen to my messages. The first was just a series of beeps. A call from outer space I guess. Or a fax machine trying to phone home? The second was from my mom. The third started out strangely."Ms. C," A voice I don't recognize said to me,"I am sorry but............"The connection became fuzzy and faded out. My heart stops. My eyes flick to the clock and to the empty bed beside me. It is 4 am and my husband is not home from work yet. Panicked I search the caller ID, Unkown stares out at me. I started to dial his number and the phone rings in my hand. I drop the phone with a shreik. I am afraid to answer. I am afraid to learn a wifes worst fear. "Ms. C?"

  "Yes?"

  " I am sorry but there has been an accident"

  The rest of the words fade from my brain. I know its come true. I can feel it even though the stranger wont say much more than Mr C. is at the hospital.

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