Written in response to the Weekly Writing Challenge | Fifty: …write a fifty-word story. Not five thousand, not five hundred, but precisely fifty words. Writing a word limited story was challenging – I would much rather try to write a 50 word poem. But even so, the story below is true:
Her grandparents waited in the car while she, 12, ran in to buy their tobacco. Times were different.
On her way out, he held the door.
“Thanks,” she smiled.
“You’re welcome,” he nodded.
She climbed into the backseat.
“That was your father,” grandma said. “He held the door for you.”
© Nichole Liza Q.
Lightning Bug 