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Weekly Contest #301
Warning: Some explicit language. DUE DATE Joanne slammed the book shut with an echoing thud. Amid the hushed sounds of the library, it may as well have been a gunshot. Nope. No way. Not possible. People gave her side glances as they wondered why a petite woman in her 70s looked like she had just seen a ghost. This wasn’t supposed to happen. She opened the book and checked it again, not believing her eyes. She tried crossing out the number that glared back at her. But nothing appeared when the pen moved across the page. Of course, it di...
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