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.
A Guilt Offering
The winds whistled at Jeremy's burning resolve. Notwithstanding, they fanned his lighter's flame to reduce 200 big ones to inconsequential cinders. Parallels with a biblical character were striking. While Jehoiakim burned a scroll prodding his dead conscience, Jeremy burned paper coercing him to sell his.
The autopsy attributed Alan's death to overdosing but the question still remained: who really was the addict? Alan, dead from an overdose? Or Jeremy? Addicted to the green? The guy who made a killing from killing guys like Alan softly. A man filthy rich, in every sense of the word, alive but truly dead inside.
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