Sharon was within touching distance, but she had no idea. All she knew was that she had been mining rubies for years. Every single day, without fail, she mined. It was all she thought about. She obsessed about it. Until one day, she realised that it was a lost cause. She put down her tools, walked away and got an office job that paid clean money and gave her respectability and achievement.
Little did she know, one more day would have seen her harvest the rubies. Someone called Sophie came along and found them on her first day of digging.
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Lacey Dearie
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Blue
My wife knows now. I wish she didn't. I lather up for the fifth time. My skin is dried out and it stings. That's hotel soap for you. No matter how hard I scrub, I still feel blood on them. I can't get the image of my hands covered in her blood out of my head. It's trickling over my knuckles, up my wrists and the cuffs of my sleeves are damp from the assault, despite changing my top. I can forget her screams easily enough, but my conscience won't allow me to forget the blood.
By Lacey Dearieabout a year ago in Fiction
Vale Perficientur
"My tears need a minute to find the edges of my face. If you'll please excuse me." The sarcasm stabbed into Juliana’s heart. Antonia glared at her from the pit of the Lyceum as her student fought to hold back tears that had nothing to do with the pain in her fingers. “You’re better than this, again.”
By Matthew Fromm3 days ago in Fiction
SHADOWS OF THE FORGOTTEN
Chapter 5: The Unveiling Sarah's heart pounded in her chest as she ventured deeper into the bowels of Blackthorn Manor, her footsteps echoing through the empty corridors. The events of the past few hours had left her shaken, but her determination to uncover the truth remained steadfast.
By Nguyễn Thành Trung Trịnhabout 14 hours ago in Fiction
Comments (2)
Great story of a missed opportunity! A lesson in persistent that we can all apply. 🥰
This one hit me. Sharon was so close!