At first she thought it was a spot to be wiped off the sparkling countertop. The tiniest of specks, hardly bigger than the head of a pin but if she left it Danny would notice… oh yes he would. The bruises still hadn’t faded from the last time Danny had noticed something awry in the meticulously clean house.
Vera wiped at the speck but it didn’t disappear. She wiped harder. Instead of the spot coming off, a small piece of the countertop chipped off. Vera peered closer. She scratched at the edges of the spot with a broken fingernail. To her amazement, more peeled away.
It wasn’t a spot at all. It was a hole. A deep hole that revealed pitch black from which arose whispers of music and, was that laughter? As she concentrated on those sounds and the unbroken blackness she could swear she caught the scents of cotton candy, hotdogs, and sawdust.
Letting curiosity take over, Vera scraped another piece of the counter away, ignoring the frantic voice of fear in her head. She had almost the whole counter gone before she thought about what she was doing. Danny would be livid. Bruises were nothing compared to what she’d get when he saw this gaping hole in his perfect home.
Vera heard the garage door opening. He was home.
His car door slammed. Vera looked at the hole.
Danny’s key ring clinked in the lock. Vera touched the edge of the hole.
“Oh what the hell.” Vera climbed up on the counter and dropped her feet over the edge. “Can’t be any worse than this place.”
Walking into the kitchen, Danny immediately noticed a black speck on the countertop.
“Damn that lazy woman!” he muttered.
He grabbed a dishtowel and wiped up the spot.
Virginia Marion writes out of Texas, USA.
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18 Responses to “THE HOLE • by Virginia Marion”
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January 31st, 2008 at 1:10 am
Great escape story! Loved it.
January 31st, 2008 at 2:38 am
Glad she got away
January 31st, 2008 at 3:51 am
Thoughts of what she found there will be with me all day.
January 31st, 2008 at 4:59 am
I really enjoyed this. What I liked best was all the things you didn’t say, but left for our imaginations. Nicely done.
January 31st, 2008 at 6:53 am
Nicely said Greta – that’s a great idea.
Great ending, Virginia.
January 31st, 2008 at 7:09 am
I love that the guy just wipes off the spot at the end. Clever!
My mind, she is blown.
January 31st, 2008 at 7:35 am
VERY NICELY DONE.
January 31st, 2008 at 7:37 am
Virginia! I ever so slightly wished Danny had been the one to take on the black hole, but the more I think about it Vera was right, “Can’t be any worse than this place.†Good read. Judy
January 31st, 2008 at 7:42 am
Great work on this one, Virginia!
January 31st, 2008 at 9:30 am
Very,very good story. Liked Danny’s wipe-up at the end. And anything would be better than what she had.
January 31st, 2008 at 10:11 am
Can’t get this one out of my head. Well done.
January 31st, 2008 at 11:02 am
Enjoyable, Virginia. Now i know why my wife wants new kitchen counters.
January 31st, 2008 at 3:09 pm
I liked this a lot. Good escapist story. Entertaining.
February 1st, 2008 at 9:45 am
Great read! Even for the second or third time.
February 7th, 2008 at 1:57 am
Oh, brilliant! Loved this! I couldn’t see that coming. Surprise after surprise, poignant as well. Well done, Virginia.
February 22nd, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Great story! I especially loved the final line.
July 1st, 2008 at 4:48 am
The first time I have looked up a ‘random’ story and boy am I glad that I did!
Can’t overstate how much I enjoyed this. Short, sweet and very, very clever.
Can’t get my head around this one at all. Did she finally leave him or did years of abuse finally take their toll on her sanity?
Does she exist at all or is she just a figment of his imagaination?
Love it!
July 22nd, 2008 at 9:16 am
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