xie_xie_xie (xie_xie_xie) wrote in qaf_drabbles, @ 2012-09-16 23:03:00 |
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Entry tags: | author: xie_xie_xie, challenge #212: round robin, round robin |
Round Robin Drabble 31
Title: Bite Your Tongue
Author: Xie
Drabble Number: 31; follows Then and Now
Condom: Deb
Debbie’s nails dug into Carl’s wrist. “Can you believe they might let that asshole out,” she began.
One of the members of the parole board gave her a dirty look.
“Deb, honey, don’t say anything until they call on you,” Carl said. “You don’t want to get thrown out.”
He glanced at the parole board, and said, “Shit.” Not quietly.
Debbie frowned. “Talk about a double standard. You can talk, but I…”
It was Carl’s turn to grip her wrist. “That guy there, second from the end?”
She looked. “What about him?”
His voice was grim. “That’s Jim Stockwell’s father-in-law.”