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Lullaby

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The telephone chimed loudly from the kitchen, which succeeded in both jolting Matt from a slumber into which he had not realize that he had succumbed, along with activating the baby monitor which transmitted a long distressed wail that originated upstairs.  It wasn’t long after he answered the call with a groggy ‘hello’ that his body stiffened violently, his lungs suffocating from the dread that knotted in his chest.

He wasn’t sure which terrified him more: the fact his wife had been struck and killed at the intersection or the fact that he could hear her voice through the monitor singing his baby to sleep.
Entry for Flash-Fic-Month day 15.

Here, my story features the three stages of life.  Apologies for the terrible title.

July 15, 2014
Word Count: 105
Theme:  none
CHALLENGE: Write a three sentence story featuring something usually found in threes.

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NamelessShe's avatar
Oh my that gave me a serious jolt. Excellent work!