Mikey needed an escape. His girlfriend left him because he smothered her and acted on impulse, but if he knew he wanted to marry her after two weeks of dating, why wouldn’t he propose?
He couldn’t face seeing her with another man, so he drove twelve hours from Athens, Georgia to Toronto, only stopping for food and bathroom breaks.
He rented a run-down, textile mill turned apartment with a front door eight feet above the ground. The landlord promised to install a staircase, but with a snowstorm in the forecast, he suggested Mickey buy an ice axe and snow shoes.
word count: 100
—Nortina
Because there are people out there who really would move to a different country after a breakup… 
This is in response to Friday Fictioneers: write a story in 100 words or less using the provided photo prompt as inspiration.
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Good shopping list before moving in. Excellent story! Nan 🙂
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A good little story, Nortina, and I agree, it could be nicely developed into something longer. Mikey does sound a rather over-impetuous guy, which makes me wonder what he’ll get up to next. 🙂 I really like the image you create in the final paragraph about all that snow. I hope the landlord keeps his word and builds that staircase! 🙂
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Poor Mikey although he sounds a bit intense.
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He seems very irrational. To move from one country to another after a break-up is drastic to say the least.
I enjoyed this story!
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From what I read about the weather in Toronto this year, this story is quite fitting. No ladder needed in winter, LOL. It made me smile, I liked it.
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Nice ending. Made me laugh.
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I like it. It’s a great little story, and well recounted, it just falls apart on the details. 😦
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Thanks for the feedback. It’s not always easy to get everything I want to say down in just 100 words, but I try to use the best images so that at least a snippet of a story can play in the reader’s mind.
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I have to laugh because that is a heck of a lot of snow. I also suggest snow skis. LOL! Excellent Nortina!
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Snow skis would be awesome for getting out of the house. Or a snowboard. Ahh, the possibilities! Lol
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Yes, that’s true! I didn’t think of a snowboard! Sounds like fun!
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So….what happened next? I’ll allow you another 100 words!
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It’s so hard to write all I want to say in just 100 words! Maybe a part two to this is in the near future. 😉
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This reads like the first chapter of a physchological thriller ….Nicely done!
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Hmm first chapter of a psychological thriller, huh? That’s giving me ideas! 😉
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Go for the next 50 chapters!
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