17 years
For what?
Exhausted after his double shift he boarded the train home keen to see his wife and baby; ashamed at his daily struggle to support them.
On his phone he read the appeal for public assistance in the Police ‘Daily news roundup.’
He gasped!
The savage fatal stabbing of the owner occurred when closing his local ‘Night Owl.’
At the same time he was out for a run nearby in his usual ‘all black.’
Eight months later, he awoke terrified, an innocent man in a maximum security prison; a 17-year sentence for a deadly armed robbery he did not commit.
Innocent?
About the Creator
Pauline Fountain
Writing and photography provide a creative outlet to reflect with meaning on my life.
My mental health? Bipolar 1 (Rapid Cycling), Complex PTSD and Functional Neurological Disorder.
My son’s gentle wisdom furnishes me with the gift of hope.
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Ends With a Bang
First Time Have you ever had one of those days where everything goes wrong? I mean, from the time you first get out of bed, till the time you wake up again the next morning, everything is really, really bad. You hit your toe getting out of bed. While jumping around, you step on your glasses. You burn your breakfast. You miss your bus. You’re robbed while walking to work. You’re fired for being late. You return home only to find an eviction notice on your door. You go to bed without dinner. You left your food cooking on the stove. Your house catches fire while you sleep. Murphy’s law. Everything that can go wrong, has gone wrong. This was not one of those days.
By David E. Perry7 days ago in Fiction
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Excellent work
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Very good
Scary, in a not good way. Life is fragile in more ways than one.
Excellent story-telling. Loved it. Congrats on the Top Story.
Very well done. Congratulations on the Top Story!!!
Interesting to know you can understand the pain without knowing the end.. This is a nice one... Congratulations on Top Story
Oh wow, that was powerful! Bravo on saying so much in so few words. Congratulations on Top Story!
YES! Congrats on Top Story!! 🤗❤️
Well done
nice
Justice is blind in the worst of ways, and with vengeance being illegal we have to wait on karma, which may not even activate in this life. Well done!
I despair when I hear people say "You have nothing to fear if you are innocent", this is a great and well deserved Top Story, great work
I just started a story with an innocent man walking out of prison. But a horror story. This was really great. TS, yep.
Wuoh! A reality for so many people! This story makes one feel. Congrats on TP
Congrats on your TS!
This is a true story that happened too many times. but you wrote brilliantly.
Impactful piece of writing, this one. Congratulations on Top Story🎉
Congratulations on your Top Story🎉✨💖
Wow, I’m still thinking about this! Great writing!
Congrats on top story. A very great piece!
Fantastic job with this! Congrats on top story!
This made my stomach drop, as this awful occurrence is depicted in the most raw and despairingly honest way possible. I had to re-read to make sure I understood, but then I realized that's ultimately the same reaction we all have to this happening in real-time: shock and questioning and disbelief. Yet, it still keeps happening. Thank you for shedding light on this.
Congrats on your top story!
Masterfully written!!! Congratulations on Top Story!!!💖💖💕