Zeplin

Jan 16, 2026
Challenge 2
5 stories 5 authors 14 likes 149 avg. words

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Custom · Max 150 words
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HER SHADOW

by John Cox

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If he knew why did he leave?

She knew she was being silly. Just a silly girl she thought to herself as she pressed the back of her hands against her cheeks to wipe away the shameful evidence.

It only took him two weeks to find her husband's killer and surely that's not enough time to fall in love. Especially so soon after losing her Chester. Such a sweet man he was...

Why then was she so obsessed with this dark, mysterious, aloof stranger? Oh my, she thought the way he looks right through you! No, it's wrong isn't it!? It must be wrong, but she feels like he took something of her with him when he left.

She feels so confused now. As she looks away into the night, the distant darkness beckons her from every crevice. She doesn't know how to feel. But he... He knows.

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