As part of the Iron Writer group we also participate in Weekend Quickies, in addition to our weekly challenges.
This past weekend I joined in on the fun and this is the story that I wrote.
The four elements to be included in a 200 word story were: beta max, cats, peaches, and a man in a white van.
Peaches
Joey
stared out the dusty windshield of his van at the highway that seemed to
stretch on forever. The vehicle was supposed to be white but the roads in South
Carolina had left it a mottled brown.
He
enjoyed playing Elton John’s “Rotten Peaches” as he rolled past the countless
roadside stands. It had been one of Marie’s favorites.
Jack the
cat leapt onto the passenger seat and melted into an orange puddle in the heat.
“We’ll
be at the coast pretty soon,” he told the cat, lying about the amount of time
they had yet on the road.
“Then
there will be new work, new home. But no new women.” He felt his heart wince at
that last statement.
All he
owned was in the back of that van. They had laughed at him for packing the old
beta max but he still had so many home videos of Marie that he wasn’t ready to
toss out.
He could
have had the car fixed and driven it but he just couldn’t face the fact that
she had died in it.
He
pulled into a stand, throwing up a cloud of gravel and dirt.
“One
basket of peaches, please.”
If you would like to read the other stories for this Weekend Quickie you can find them here.
Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoyed it!
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