Monday, May 19, 2025

Attack

 

The night was warm as blood, thick with the threat of summer.

Carefully, she opened her car door and took a deep, ragged breath.

She dashed blindly to the house, but she wasn’t quick enough.

With a sickening “thunk”, she felt it hit her right in the chest, and she froze for a split second before all hell broke loose.

Screaming through clenched teeth, her purse dropped to the ground, its contents rolling crazily in all directions.

In a final desperate move, she ripped open her blouse.

The june bug fell to the ground and skittered into her open purse.

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