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DETTRA ROSE: Collateral Damage

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It was just a Sunday picnic to talk things over.

It was just an ant bite.

It was just my finger swelling, red, ballooning.

It was Accident and Emergency.

It was ring cutters.

It was just my wedding ring in two sudden halves.

The ant saw it coming, not me.

Dettra Rose is an award-winning flash fiction author. A born and bred Londoner, she now lives in Australia. She calls both places home. Find her at dettrarose.com and on Twitter and Facebook.

Las Vegas

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A song on the radio triggered. She knew immediately that she had a destiny.

She quit her job, hitch-hiked to Vegas, and spent three days wandering aimlessly, waiting for a sign.

The cute waiter who served her fettucine asked her why she was eating alone.

They lived happily ever after.