WORD PROMPT/DRABBLE
Moving On
But not where the riffraff lives
Word of the Day — Condo
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Her lilac hair bristled with indignation, and it ran to the tips of her knock-off Jimmy Choo’s.
“I’m not moving to an apartment.” With tight lips and a twitching jaw muscle, she repeated the phrase like a mantra.
“Grandma, you can’t keep up with this house anymore.”
“Riffraff lives in apartment buildings. That’s where you come from, not where you go to.”
“I’m showing you a condo, not an apartment.”
“Oh, well, in that case. It does sound like it has a bit of panache, a certain je ne sais quoi.”
I quietly dropped my forehead to the table.
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