Ivelina was furious. Zitko’s “100% certain investment opportunity” failing hadn’t come as a surprise; he had prior form. But this time, everything was gone, even the account they had started for their daughter. How could he? Had he no shame?
Crying with rage, she brought the bolt cutter down on their love lock, squeezing until the metal snapped. Ten years ago, they had stood here, written their name on the lock and thrown away the key. Now he’d thrown away their future.
“Ivelina!” Zitko was running towards her, red-faced, breathing heavily.
She flung the lock into the river. “Leave me alone! I want you gone. Out of my life.”
“Can’t we talk?” he asked hopefully.
Massive arms emerged from under the bridge, lifting Ivelina and Zitko by the waist. They found themselves face to face with the bridge troll.
“You humans talk too much,” the troll said. “And I’m hungry.”
Prompt #17 involved choosing five words from a FlashFlood story.
Source text: 'The Surprise Party' by Karen Crawford
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