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Rated: E · Short Story · Contest Entry · #2103075
For the BLINK! contest. Prompt "Runner"
The Runner



She stood, barely breathing, shocked, unbelieving, and stared blankly at the scene as it unfolded before her. Emergency medical personnel and police officers, scrambling past her, into the confusion of bodies, blood, and tears. It must have happened after she left.

So briefly, she thought. I was only gone a few moments.

She looked at the crumpled pair of stockings in her hand, with the runner she'd been cursing only moments prior. So briefly.

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Word Count 75 (Including the title)

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