Waiting
Jun 27th, 2023 by thegooddoctor in 100 Words
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Everyone but Hampton looked down, eyes locked on tiny screens. Hampton’s expensive artisans of optimistic speculation could no longer sustain nervous conversation.
Hampton mindfully sipped tepid coffee. Ignoring his stomach breakdancing to the beat of butterflies, he savored a donut. He wanted to remember such simple pleasures.
Anticipation clung to them like static ready to spark and ignite…would it be fireworks or a bomb? A knock on the door shattered their reticent silence. A bailiff opened the door.
“The verdict is in. Court resumes in five minutes.”
Certain of nothing but his surreal limbo ending, Hampton stood, then vomited.
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