Challenge
May 2024 Drabble Challenge: "Sprung"
Using exactly 100 words, tell me a prose story. This month's interpretation is wide open, but somehow stick to the topic / idea of "Sprung." Spring, sprung, hung, bouncy, end-of-wintery, whatever. Horror? Sure, ok. Porn? Hell, let's see what you got. Mechanical mania, machines awakened by the passing of an infectious comet? Overdrive it, baby, to the maximum. The only rules here are standard English grammar and punctuation and a word count of exactly 100 words. I'll pick a winner sometime after June 1 and before July gets here, probably.
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A Daily Encounter
"Imagine that," I wondered aloud as I hung up the phone.
"Imagine what?" she asks anxiously, sitting across from me, her preteen face full of worry.
"Imagine I know every lie the second it's told."
Imagine she believes it. I don't know every time people lie. I'm her role model, though, so she believes me.
"...I'm sorry. I didn't know it would be an issue."
Imagine I was simply speaking to fill silence.
I'm sorry, I don't understand how I'm so good at catching little rebellious actions. I do the same routine every time. I wasn't even on the phone?