Busy Bee

50-word story

Babe, wait.
What?
Scroll up.
There! I’ve seen that photo.
Where?
Bumble.
Bumble?!
Yeah, ‘bout month before you and I met.
That was six months ago.
Yeah…
He’n Kayla’ve been married three years.
We flirted. Never hung out.
That’s awkward.
Ain’t no way I’m eating dinner at their house tonight.

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