[Flash fiction] 100 Words or less – The Parachute Isn’t Opening Up.
I could see the plane pass by, a tiny speck in the sky. He should be free-falling by now, plummeting to the earth. He’s been waiting for months, for that rush of adrenaline. A present for his birthday I told him, a free skydiving lesson, for being such a wonderful husband.
I packed their parachute lovingly and told my co-worker Mindy to take good care of him up there. He still had lessons to learn.
They should have pulled the string by now. Terror should be setting in. This is a lesson on cheating. Don’t get caught.
A Compendium of Chaos 