Short Story: When Life Isn’t Done With You

Genre: tragedy
Read When Life Hits You First first.

 

A man and a girl stood in a room, amidst the fallen bodies of the girl’s loved ones.

“Do you feel like hitting back now?” the man asked.

The girl shook her head as tears streamed  down her face. “I never want to be like you.”

The man’s face hardened. He put his gun to her head.

“Then you can join your family.”

He pulled the trigger, but only sound escaped. He had run out of bullets.

“Lucky girl.” He looked behind her to the silent bodies. “Or maybe not.”

He lifted the girl’s chin with his gun and released a contemplative hum.

“You’re still young. I’m sure we can change your mind.”

He smiled.

“Congratulations, you’ve just been adopted.”

~Continued in When Life Opens An Opportunity~