Self-Pity_Strangest_A Corrugated Dismissal_Dasha
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Self-Pity
The silence was deafening. Then came the sound of blood rushing in his ears, his heart thumping, and his own laboured breathing. These internal noises faded as he tuned in to the sounds around him; moaning, wailing, calling out. Ricardo felt knocked about, maybe even bruised – but as he dared to lift each arm and leg in turn, nothing on his copious anatomy hurt enough to suggest something was broken or fractured.Sitting up slowly, he ran a hand over his number two haircut, and down the goatee he’d grown to give the impression he had a jawline. As he regained his focus and orientation, a distur...
Strangest
THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF MY PREVIOUS STORY. Read the other if you want I don't care :) There the sun was, a blot of rose gold and amber peeking between the mountains on the eastern horizon. In a cancer of light and warmth, spreading like thick paint to the surrounding sky, the morning came. Tommy hated it. The sunrise to him was nothing more than a reminder. The reminder of the passage of time, the ticking timer of one month set on his and Toby’s lives. Why? Tommy could hear Toby’s echoed question in the back of his skull, stabbing him like a knife because Tommy knew the answer.It was him. “T...
A Corrugated Dismissal
I wonder if I should take the stapler or is it theirs? After near twenty years, I am not sure where the laws of personal property delineate between ownership through purchase and ownership through usage. And paperclips. Are they inventoried? Will they come after me if the wire basket is short a few? I have never been fired before so I am not exactly sure what is the proper protocol for packing up my desk.“Laid off due to downsizing” is what Alissa the messenger said as I flipped the fifteen pages of the severance package. Whether they were paying me or not,www.onedoor.cc they no longer needed my butt in a c...
Dasha
„Are you coming tonight? “ The question lingered in the air somewhere far away… “Ground control to Hannah! Are you coming tonight?” Background interference… “HANNAH!” Lisa shouted. “What?” “Are you coming tonight?” Lisa repeated irritated. Hannah looked at her colleague, but her head was still in another galaxy. “Girl, please! Hold your horses! Your enthusiasm is killing me!” Lisa said with an overdramatic stance. “I´m sorry!” Hannah said, “Of course I´ll come, but just for a drink or two and then I´m out of there.” “Wow! You´re so much fun today. Aren´t you happy for Dasha?” Lisa was wavi...