She insisted they both sign tonight.

“I’ll deliver them tomorrow,” she said, producing a pen.

“They’ll be filed with the court by end of day.”

He remembered the pen. A Christmas gift. Not cheap. Years old.

He strained to remember the inscription.

She snapped her fingers. “Hey. Where’d you go?”

Bob Thurber is the author of six books. Regarded as a master of Flash and Micro Fiction, his work has appeared in Esquire and other magazines, been anthologized 60 times, received a long list of awards, and been utilized in schools and colleges throughout the world. He resides in Massachusetts. Visit his website at BobThurber.net.