Friday, May 22, 2015

A Glint of Hope

PHOTO PROMPT – © Santoshwriter

 

Fred stopped pacing and stared out the window. After three straight days of rain, he watched with growing trepidation, as the sun appeared in a blue sky. Every time it rained three days in a row, something bad happened. “Bad things come in threes,” his mom said. This time he prayed she’d be wrong.

He waited for the doctor to emerge from his wife’s hospital room. “Please God, give me a sign.”

A singular leaf caught his attention. Five clinging drops glinted at him as if in Morris code. Rain. Hearing footsteps, he turned. The doctor was smiling.

 

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