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The prompt was Hell. Write anything as long hell was mentioned. This came to mind.
HELL
I never meant it to happen. It was an accident, a mistake, and I’m sorry, I really am. It doesn’t matter though, I’m here now and there’s no going back. Regret is its own special kind of hell, isn’t it? All of the major religions tell us that hell is waiting for sinners. I was never much of a believer. Sunday was my day to go hiking, to sleep in, anything but go to church.
All of those church-goers, looking down their noses at me, judging, whispering behind their hands, what do they know about it? Yeah, I was only seventeen but weren’t they kids once? They never made a mistake? I gave the baby up for adoption. It seemed like the best thing to do. The adoptive parents were nice, the baby would be better off with them.
College was a drag because I had to work, too. I got off work at the local megamart at midnight. Of course it was raining. By the time I got to my car I was soaking wet. I wanted to get home, get warm and dry and go to bed. Class was at eight in the morning. Who the hell schedules college classes for eight? A sadist, that’s who.
The roads were flooded and I was trying to avoid the worst of the water, squinting against the glare of lights through the rain and off of the puddles. The wipers could barely keep up, even on high. I couldn’t have been doing more than twenty miles per hour.
The other guy though was going a lot faster. How do I know? He’s here too, for killing me. He’s apologized a hundred times at least for being drunk, for driving so fast, for not letting the bartender call him a cab. That doesn’t matter either. I’m here, along with my regrets. Would I have repented, given enough time? I don’t know. It just seems unfair that I’m here because I was an unwed mother.
The End
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Unwed mother? Oh dear me, how could she?
Yup! That’s it – by all religious standards – off to hell with her!
lol. Yep.
Interesting FF! I like how you fitted so much into a little wordcount package. Good work!
Thanks, Simon. Glad you liked it.
Seems unfair to me, too.
It seems unfair to me, too. Much of what I have read about religion seems unfair.
There was a show a long time ago similar to The Outer limits or Amazing Stories, a weekly strange story show. One episode a man found himself transporting people. Turned out he was transporting them into hell.
When he found a path that led to heaven he pulled out the people that had crimes like this and set them on the path. She might have been one of the people saved.
Wish I could remember the show…
Sounds like an Outer Limits show. I loved that show, it may be the basis for my writing today. Many thanks for commenting. I appreciate it. I hope you can return to my site later to enjoy the next round of stories.