He had always dreamed of having a vegetable garden. A place where tomatoes, beans and corn could be kissed by the sun and caressed by the rains.
Meticulously, he weeded and watered, hoed and harvested, until the loudspeaker murdered his tellurian bliss: Inmate B18763… report to the Exercise Yard, immediately!
If killing plants was a crime, Melanie would have been incarcerated for the term of her natural life.
I must be not connecting something…. I jumps from He/Him in the prison garden to Melanie in what to me is a complete disconnect. ??
That was my mistake! You’re just seeing the author bio. I forgot to put in the horizontal line before the bio, at first. Oops!
Ah ha! That would explain why the “story” is more than 50 words. Glad it was an error. Also the story reads way better without the bio but. 😁
Its really amazing💞💞💞
Thank you, Komal.
Brilliant stuff Mel! Love how complete it is given its limited length, keep up the awesome work!
Thank you, Callan, for the lovely comment.
A masterpiece Mel style. Give us more gems like this one. Delmerick
“A Jewel in 50 words”. Claudette.
Glad you enjoyed it 😉. Thank you for the encouraging comments, Claudette and Lionel.
Well done on being nominated for Story of the Week! Delmerick
Thank you,Delmerick, for your lovely comments.
Awesome work Melanie. Good to see you’re following your passion.
Thank you, Brad
Nice work Mel, that makes two of us with a life sentence.
Absolutely amazing. I love the sudden twist at the end. Beautifully dark in my own words. Keep up the good work ❤❤
A deeply moving story, Mel. It resonates well. Please write more of these.❤️
Aww…thank you,lovely people,for your comments 😊.
A wonderful story! Thank you for writing it.
Pleased you enjoyed it, Cherese. Thank you.