Challenge
August Drabble Challenge: MURDER!
Tell me a story using good, solid prose in exactly 100 words. This month, tie it in to MURDER. Not necessarily the act itself, but that'll be fine, too; use your imagination. I want a super short story somehow related to doin' murder. No need to tag me, I'll read all the entries in September and select a winner.
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Moment of thought
Lynn contemplated the figurines on the table.
“I want to thank my younger self,” she said, “for outlasting the pain. I want to confront the past. Back then, I used to carry a knife. I had decided to use it if any of them attacked me, physically.”
“Boundary,” said the doctor.
“Exactly.”
“They never did.”
“Never… but I tried your exercise. To have my tormentors cross this... boundary.”
“What happens after that?”
“...I panic. I take out the knife and strike. Everywhere. Just hoping to hurt someone.”
She placed the trinkets face down one by one.
“And I finally win....”