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Revenge Is a Dish Best Dug
RWDouble Drabble 2.0.112 |cactus
Twist: First Sentence must be: The rain stopped the moment I stepped outside.
This is a double drabble, a story of 200 words exactly. A Double D!
The rain stopped the moment I stepped outside.
Today, Marlene was planting her perennials — her favorite time of year. She loved digging in the dirt while the dogs chased bunnies around the yard.
Suddenly, a loud yelp cut through the air. One of the puppies had stumbled into a patch of cactus, stickers covering his little body.
Cactus? She hadn’t planted any.
Marlene’s gut twisted. John. That nosy neighbor must have snuck them in.
Their petty war had simmered for months — he hated how her lawn guy sprayed clippings onto his side; she hated his smug little fountain grasses poking through her fence. But this time, he had gone too far. He had hurt her baby.
Time for revenge.
Scooping up the whimpering pup, Marlene picked out every bloody sticker. She saved them all — fur, blood, cactus spines — and stirred them into her witch’s cauldron.
While John was gone, she crept across the yard and dumped the foul brew onto his precious fountain grasses.
