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Prompt: 037. cellphone
1. It was fifteen year old history wrapped in a plastic case. But the pictures saved on the memory card were still blackmail gold.
A. It was fifteen year old history wrapped in a plastic case. But the pictures saved on the memory card were still blackmail gold.
He hadn’t meant to become a creep, but she was the only person he knew that had gotten rich in the years since high school graduation. And there she was, prominently displayed in some old pictures he’d forgotten he’d ever taken–beautiful, young, and wildly uninhibited.
2. The prepaid cellphone made an odd sound before dying, plunging the interior of the box into darkness. The occupant’s breath came louder in panic as the realization sunk in.
A. The prepaid cellphone made an odd sound before dying, plunging the interior of the box into darkness. Jackie’s breath came louder in panic as the realization sunk in.
Buried alive! I’ve been buried alive!
One minute she was enjoying the first real vacation she’d had in her entire life. The next she was waking up in a box buried underground.
It didn’t seem fair.
3. “The cellphone signal is jumping from tower to tower. It looks like they’re heading to the east end of the city.”
A. “The cellphone signal is jumping from tower to tower. It looks like they’re heading to the east end of the city.”
Sitting on the smallest couch in the living room, he wrapped an arm around his wife and closed his eyes. He prayed silently that the police would catch the kidnapper, that their baby would be home with them soon.
He dreaded being told that she was found, but dead. He didn’t know what he would do if that happened. He might just fall to pieces.
