Fairfield Scribes:

Fat raindrops ricochet off the princess cut diamond and splash onto his bent knee. Thunder fills the gulf between us, drowning my reply in the belly-rattling boom.

His friends and family huddle under twinkle lights. The wind tears through the rooftop garden, uprooting the Japanese maple, flinging it heavenward to then fall eighteen stories to the concrete below. 

Lightening reflects in his anxious eyes, waiting for my trembling hand to extend. 

An atmospheric river opens above; I’m waist deep in seconds. The rising water licks at his lips, then covers them completely. 

I repeat my answer, and he is washed away.

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Christy Hartman
Christy Hartman pens short fiction from her home between the ocean and mountains of Vancouver Island Canada. She writes about the chasm between love and loss and picking out the morsels of magic in life’s quiet moments. Christy has been published in Elegant Literature, Bright Flash Literary Review, Fairfield Scribes, and others. When not writing, Christy devotes her time to whichever old or injured rescue dog has wormed their way into heart, currently an anxious Red Heeler named Cyrus. Her other hobby is cooking vegan meals and trying to convince her husband they taste just like chicken.
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