This is an entry for the excellently managed Fifty Word Story Prompt Challenge coordinated by @jayna.
The prompt this week: spring
A note: my mom is older and lives alone, and I sometimes I worry about her, as I live roughly on the other side of the country. She also has a cat who is never allowed to go outside. Never ever. Sorry, mom. If you're reading this, don't read any further.
The police broke down the door while I watched. I hadn’t seen my mother in months. But I saw her now. A sullen trapezoid of light fell across her lonely body. And her cat. The cat escaped with a spring in her step.
That’s when I knew she was gone.
Photos by @negativer
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