Prompt: 047. inherited house

1. An aunt she hadn’t even met before had died and left her a house. The aunt and uncles she’d known her whole life probably wouldn’t have pissed on her if she was on fire.

A. An aunt she hadn’t even met before had died and left her a house. The aunt and uncles she’d known her whole life probably wouldn’t have pissed on her if she was on fire.

“Are you sure she meant to give her house to me?” she asked. “Maybe she meant another niece and got the names confused.”

The lawyer shook her head. “No, your name is right here in her will, and you are her only living family. She left the house to you.”

2. It was with a sense of guilt that he signed the paperwork accepting ownership of the family home. He knew his siblings would be pissed, but it wasn’t his fault their mom had left the house to him alone.

A. It was with a sense of guilt that he signed the paperwork accepting ownership of the family home. He knew his siblings would be pissed, but it wasn’t his fault their mom had left the house to him alone. And honestly he was extremely surprised that she had.

For his whole life, he’d known that he wasn’t his mother’s favorite kid–that was his older brother. He wasn’t the smartest–that was his youngest sister. He wasn’t the most charming–that was his middle sister. And he wasn’t the best looking–that was his older sister. Yet his mother had left him the house. And in the letter accompanying the will, she’d called him her sweetest child, the one that needed and deserved the most love.

He wasn’t sure if she’d been getting one last dig in, but he was grateful that she’d thought of him. Even if his brother and sisters were probably going to murder him once they found out he’d gotten the house, he was grateful to have this bit of proof showing that his mother cared about him.

3. “What do you mean he’s left me a house? I don’t know this man at all.”

A. “What do you mean he’s left me a house? I don’t know this man at all.”

“He was your great-great-uncle on your mother’s side, and he’s been estranged from the family for many years. In the letter he left, which I have a copy of here, he said that he met you once when you were a child and that he decided then that you were the only member of his family worth anything.”

“I don’t remember ever meeting him.”

“You were three-years-old at the time.”

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Prompt: 046. chain link fence

1. All he had to do was climb the chain link fence and cross over to the tree nearby. From there it would be easy to reach the tool shed and use the bolt cutters in his backpack to cut through the lock.

A. All he had to do was climb the chain link fence and cross over to the tree nearby. From there it would be easy to reach the tool shed and use the bolt cutters in his backpack to cut through the lock.

He was getting his little sister back tonight. And together they were going to run far away from this horrible place and the horrible people their parents had turned into.

He would get a job while continuing to go to school, and he would give his sister all the things she’d missed out on during her years of captivity.

He wasn’t leaving without her. (Not again.)

2. Standing close to the chain link fence, she stared toward the dormitory on the north end of the military base. It took a long moment before she spotted the light flashing on and off in one of the windows.

A. Standing close to the chain link fence, she stared toward the dormitory on the north end of the military base. It took a long moment before she spotted the light flashing on and off in one of the windows, signaling that it was safe for her to jump the fence.

She hesitated a moment longer, picturing her body arching in uncontrollable agony as thousands of volts of current pinned her in place. Then she drew in a deep breath and hesitantly touched the fence with her left hand.

3. Quarantine was nothing like the movies had suggested it would be. It was mostly being bored out of his mind and staring through the chain link fence at the freedom on the other side.

A. Quarantine was nothing like the movies had suggested it would be. It was mostly being bored out of his mind and staring through the chain link fence at the freedom on the other side.

Sometimes he imagined what it would be like to hop the fence and run and run and run… until nobody could find him. Then he’d remember the guns the guards carried. Then he’d remember that he had nowhere to go and no money to use once he got there. And he’d return to his assigned tent and huddle on his cot, staring at nothing until he fell asleep and it was another day of boredom as he waited to start feeling sick.

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Prompt: 045. a break out

1. She kept her head down and her eyes open. She’d been locked up too long. She was ready to break out of jail.

A. She kept her head down and her eyes open. She’d been locked up too long. She was ready to break out of jail. Her focus was on spotting an opportunity.

They were running her papers as she sat in this cell. It was only a matter of time before all the dots were connected and the security tightened.

2. This hadn’t always been their life. Brother and Sister had been real people once–before they were stolen. Brother urged Sister to remember, and spoke of breaking out of the house.

A. This hadn’t always been their life. Brother and Sister had been real people once–before they were stolen. Brother urged Sister to remember, and spoke of breaking out of the house.

She loved him and so she listened. And at night in her bed, she closed her eyes with her face uplifted to the darkness and made herself remember.

She’d had a different family once. Before she’d been given to Mother and Father. Brother had already been here when she arrived. He was the only good to have come from her time here.

3. The movie would have been forgotten if one of the actors hadn’t later become a break out star.

A. The movie would have been forgotten if one of the actors hadn’t later become a break out star. Then without a warning to the actors the movie was made available for digital streaming and the project that most of them would have happily seen buried forever was being watched and talked about.

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Prompt: 044. a break in

1. There was supposed to be a fortune in gold bullion packed inside a safe somewhere in the house. All they had to do was break in and steal it.

A. There was supposed to be a fortune in gold bullion packed inside a safe somewhere in the house. All they had to do was break in and steal it.

Harold had been the one to come up with the plan. He’d actually worked for the reclusive millionaire as a caretaker before he’d been fired by “that bitch”, whoever she happened to be. He kept saying that he really liked the old man and didn’t want to harm him, but there was something about him that rubbed Leland the wrong way.

2. They broke into the store sometime before two in the morning. The first thing they did was take out the cameras and destroy the surveillance tapes.

A. They broke into the store sometime before two in the morning. The first thing they did was take out the cameras and destroy the surveillance tapes. Then they began loading everything they could carry into their unmarked van with its stolen license plates and makeshift ramp.

Once they’d taken everything they wanted, they went on a rampage of destruction. By the time they left, they’d stolen or damaged over $200,000 of merchandise.

3. Stealing uniforms and pretending to be members of the hotel staff was the easy part. Now they had to reach their target and secure the package.

A. Stealing uniforms and pretending to be members of the hotel staff was the easy part. Now they had to reach their target and secure the package.

The fact that the package was a ten-year-old girl was something Mike tried not to think about. He wanted to believe that everything was going to go according to plan, they’d get the ransom money, and nobody was going to be hurt. He didn’t want to consider that there was going to be a terrified preteen girl in the mix.

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