Rachel sat on the beach, processing what she just learned. Could they be right about voluntary euthanasia? Honestly, she often thought that if she got to the old age where she became a burden for her two sons, she’d go to Switzerland and get euthanized. Has Crystal Banaba resolved this tough ethical issue?
Rachel imagined Grace, so radiant and happy, drinking the tincture and dying in her sleep. No pain, she probably didn’t realize her brain and heart just slowed down and stopped working…
“You can’t hide here or avoid us forever,” she heard Laura’s voice. “Let’s go have lunch.”
100 words exactly makes it a Drabble
Author's note: I had to end Crystal Banaba abruptly because of the 3,000 word limit for the challenge. But the story is bursting out of my mind, so I'm going to continue it in the series of consecutive drabbles until it lets me go. I think there's a novel in it. To understand what is going on, I highly recommend that you read Crystal Banaba even know you already know the spoiler, the main ethical issue of the story - voluntary euthanasia with a diamond wrinkle to it.
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Lana V Lynx
Avid reader and occasional writer of satire and short fiction. For my own sanity and security, I write under a pen name. My books: Moscow Calling - 2017 and President & Psychiatrist
@lanalynx.bsky.social
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