This story was written in response to Flash Jab Fiction’s recent drabble (a story of exactly 100 words) challenge.
Belinda paused to stare at the distant farm buildings, a refuge she hoped. The ad requested a nanny to take care of three young children. His wife a victim of cancer, he couldn’t run the farm and raise the kids alone.
The sounds of laughter put a smile on Belinda’s face. The smell of dormant fields and the bleats of sheep greeted her from afar. It seemed the perfect place to hide, to escape her own father. She inhaled a deep breath, let it out, and continued toward her new home, the gun in her purse adding to her confidence.
I love how you set a mood that could be both ominous or innocent. As for the gun, a gal on her own can't be too careful, right?
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