Marti, Not of This World

100 Word Flash Fiction of “Not of This World”
I made a choice.
56 days. I didn’t speak when my parents announced the plan to keep our family together.
45 days. I kept my mouth shut on the day we arrived at the cabin, our ark in a wicked world.
2 days. When Dallin came for me, I left my family, without speaking a word.
0 days. I did not believe the world would end. Mom and Dad ended my world when they took us away.
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Light streaks near the moon. My parents were wrong. It will pass us by.
My parents were right.
“This is the end.”