When you called, I raced round to your flat like you knew I would.

Afterwards, we sat in the kitchen, drinking coffee and sharing a cigarette.

It’s so good to be back together I told you, but you shook your head; Mike must never find out about this you insisted.

David has moved on and now writes 50-word stories. He has most recently had work published in The Foliate Oak, Helios Quarterly, Gnu Magazine, The Machinery, Three Drops From the Cauldron, Summer Fling – Tales of Seduction, Short Tale 100, Blink-Ink, and 50-Word Stories.