Emmie Lou
~ Emmie Lou ~
by Gnatalie
A 100-word "flash fiction"story.
Featured in the October 2001 of One Red Isle, an online site dedicated to flash fiction. Check them out!
Emmie Lou
Jake snored, passed out on the sofa, "Cops" blaring on the TV. His fingers had bruised Emmie's wrists, his palm her cheekbone, his words her soul. Her husband had become a bad man, a bad person.
Emmie wouldn't tell him about the baby, not after last time.
She had it all planned, how to get away from the hitting, the yelling, the fearing.
Tuesday, she'd pack what she could in an hour and catch the first Greyhound going anywhere. She imagined Jake's rage at coming home from O'Malley's to an empty house. No-one to take it out on.
Emmie smiled.
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