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Weekly Contest #240
They made me do it. All the people with their probing questions and glances and frowns and sighs made me accept a position as a house sitter—for a couple of months, no less. House-sitter for a lighthouse, that is. My job entails a single responsibility: ensuring the beacon is illuminated each night and promptly alerting for assistance if it faltered. The light. At times, it feels almost palpable. Once the darkness really settles in, I watch the light make its rounds. With each rotation, it casts its glow over the water, illuminating waves of...
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