In the Stillness of the Night
For Ray's Oh Jeff Unofficial Challenge
Ray's Oh Jeff Flash Fiction Contest
"Oh, Jeff...I love you, too...but..."
He pulls the phone from his ear slowly and sighs.
She continues to speak, her voice tinny, unreal. But he has stopped listening.
He remembers better days when they rarely argued, her eyes so wet with love that he was sometimes embarrassed to return her gaze.
Slowly raising the phone again, he hears her ask him, "Don't you have anything to say?"
"Please don't go," he whispers.
"We've been over this before, Jeff. I need more than please."
"Please," he replies hoarsely.
"Goodbye, Jeff."
Slowly he lowers the phone to the desk and opens the drawer and gazes for a long time at the pistol resting there.
A single shot rings out in the stillness of the night.
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John Cox
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