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Weekly Contest #286
My body jolts awake. My ears are ringing with the high pitched sound of silence for several long moments. Just as I close my eyes the room explodes with sound. BAM BAM BAM I roll out of bed and scramble for my safe under the nightstand. I press my face into the carpet and reach all the way back. My fingertips graze the cold metal edges and I drag it out into the dim light. My hands are trembling and I draw a complete blank as the numbers dance in front of me. BAM BAM BAM "Los Angeles Fire Department! Open the door! You are in immediate dange...
Weekly Contest #230
"The money is in the trunk." The words tumbled out in between choked breaths and wheezing sounds as I smashed my shirt into the hole in his neck. "It's all there. Every penny. I swear. Don't hurt her. Please. Please." Shit. SHIT. "Stop talking ok!" There's too much blood. I jump up to call for help and his head jerks off of my lap slapping the ground with a disgusting thud like a steak on a butcher counter. I run to my car and grab for my phone but it's buried somewhere under glass and the crap from my seat. My heart is pounding in m...
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