99 word prompt : absolute danger

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May 14, 2020, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story that answers the question, “What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you are in absolute danger?” Go where the prompt leads!

If you want to participate, here’s the link:  CARROT RANCH

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Walking home, you hear footsteps echoing in the night. You stop to look around at the loneliness. 

The footsteps stop.  Nothing but air and the eerie glow of streetlights surround you.

One more house to pass.

Head held high, you repeat inside a mind hollow with fear as you approach your front door, “Don’t panic…turn the key.”

Once the lock clicks, you rush in, closing the door behind you…laughing at yourself for being so paranoid.

Then, you turn on the news.  “Just in!  A body was discovered…”

A block away from your house. The killer hasn’t been found.

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