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In the Present Tense
“My husband’s name is Rama Abadjiev. He is thirty-eight years old, and he is from the country of Turkey. We have a three-year-old daughter named Claudia.”
Natali Dhaval repeated the information to the forensic team who pulled her husband’s body from the pool as if referring to Rama in the present tense could return him to life. Part of her realized the medical examiner needed to know if she had any information about her husband’s drowning, but she couldn’t bring herself to admit he was dead.
“My husband’s name is Rama Abadjiev,” Natali repeated. “My husband’s name is Rama...”
notes
I went off the rails a bit in December. I want to continue sharing the drabbles I wrote last May.
Five of my (C. L. Hart's) drabbles can be found in The Damned drabble anthology. I didn't submit this story for potential inclusion in The Damned because while the situation described is horrible, it doesn't qualify as horror.
Pick up your copy of The Damned here:
http://books2read.com/DamnedDrabbles
Nice job! You can feel her confusion, shock and unwillingness to accept what she sees. And you (I!) want to know more.
ReplyDeleteShe's caught in a horrible situation. I'm not surprised she doesn't want to admit her husband is dead. I wonder what did happen? Great snippet! Tweeted.
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