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I was trying to hide it. The wee hours had their hold on me, again. Every night the same routine, except tonight. He caught me. The glare of the back light made it impossible to shield what I was doing. I thought I was rather quiet, but it didn’t matter.
Sound or no, he just waited for me to notice him. I did, but refused to acknowledge his stare. Ignoring something or someone is easy enough, until of course, the daggers being thrown in your direction eventually hit their target. Okay, okay, I get it.
I’m disturbing him. I could shade it with my hands. I could stop altogether but that’s not an option. No, I’ll just keep ignoring, he’ll just keep glaring, and then the battery died. I needed to plug my phone in. He smiled and rolled over. Damn, he wins every time.
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A Writer's Ambitions said:
Well written story!
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Dorinda Duclos said:
Thank you so very much!
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A Soldier's Walk said:
Sounds like my wife, she likes to play games like words with friends and reads her multitude of emails. I just smile and turn over. She however cannot sleep with any light or noise, where I could sleep through a tornado ( I have).
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Dorinda Duclos said:
My husband is like that. No lights, etc. He’s used to me now, so he just goes to sleep LOL
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Rita said:
Lol! I know this personally 😳
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Dorinda Duclos said:
I’ll bet a lot of us do lol
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Rita said:
I know of at least one other 😊
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Dorinda Duclos said:
hmmm, wonder who that could be
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Rita said:
Hmmmmm
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Dorinda Duclos said:
LOL 🙂
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Rita said:
😂
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Brenda said:
Ha ha! I wasn’t expecting that. 🙂
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Dorinda Duclos said:
Oh good, then I did my job 😊
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Harry Writes said:
Blogging in bed?
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Dorinda Duclos said:
Haha close! I use my phone to write some of my poetry. The light keeps hubby awake
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Morgan said:
Im really starting to enjoy flash fiction…just got away from writing it lately. Nice one, this 🙂
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Dorinda Duclos said:
Thank you, Morgan. It’s a nice little get away from the poetry 😊
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Morgan said:
I agree 🙂
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