Charli at the Carrott Ranch has prompted a Wednesday 99 word flash “just one” is the prompt Thank you Charlie. Please press HERE to participate or read others.
“Hand it over” He waved a knife at her.
Shocked, Sandy gaped, she scowled, pursed her lips tight and…
“You Yob! unless your cutting cake put that away, who do you think you’re pointing at? I probably brought you into this world, and I can soon slap you back out”.
She swung her handbag, his hat hit the floor followed by his bony body. He scrambled glassy eyed back towards the road as he heard, “Not so bloody tough now.”
He thought… screwed by an old biddy, when all I needed was just one wrap; then I could forget.
Ellenbest24 
I love the thought that I am old enough to have brought you into this world and I can take you out…. You really write about ladies with some starch in their back bone.
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Thank you I am taking that as my best compliment.
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Well told in such brevity. I actually feel sorry for the guy. What a life to live?
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Yes, you wonder what bought him to such a place that to him a wrap of drugs would be the price of a human life.
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Thank you Charli.
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Great story, Ellen! I loved that same line as Lisa, and also the depth you managed to create in such a short form. I get a sense of both the woman and her pride of profession, yet the struggles those she brought into the world are facing. What a layer cake of complexity!
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Thank you I wasn’t sure if the cake reference was too comedic, but I would sure come out with a funny in a tense situation… and often do. 😇
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What a wonderful way to greet. Thank you.
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Brilliant! ..’unless you’re cutting cake put that away.’ Lol!
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Ahh… you arrived, thank you for your comments
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Had my warning! Will do my best 😘
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