short story
With a Whimper
The outside world was unknown to her, but she could see a glimpse of it through the window in his room. Begrimed, nailed shut, with ragged layers of silver duct tape sealing the edges, it was the only window. Starting clear, over the months becoming grime encrusted while the clouds cried out the polluted ash from the atmosphere. Not that there was anything to see from his apartment, just the ruins of downtown Atlanta. She cared for him through the illness, forsaking a holiday in Cancun to carry bed pans, help with fever and try to get him to eat. The bastard had gone and died just when Yellowstone blew, leaving her sealed in his tomb. She dragged him out into the hall, bundled him into the elevator and sent it to the ground floor before rushing back in and sealing the apartment.
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