Exceptional Family Story contest entry Brad by DragonSkulls ~ Family Story ~ (fiction) writing prompt entry

"I could murder you all!" That's what the man pointing the gun at my family yelled. He broke in while we were all at the table having dinner. "But seeing as how it's Easter, I won't." After he left with only the silverware we were using, we heard a loud crash. While running from the house with our forks and spoons, he tripped over our pet possum, hitting his head on the driveway rocks. It had broken his neck. Even though he just robbed us of our silverware, we called 911. Within the time it took for them to respond, he started a conversation with my oldest daughter. It turns out they were born just one day apart. By the time the ambulance had arrived, they were madly in love. As they loaded him on the gurney, Wendy wept. The robber, Brad, reached out his hand toward me and said, "Please forgive me...Dad." I had already accepted him as my son. "I do, Brad."  Loading him in the back of the ambulance, one of the paramedics yelled, "We're losing him!" "Nooooo!" My daughter cried as she went to be by his side but the other medic stopped her. "That's my son-in-law," I yelled. "Let my daughter..." The first paramedic interrupted, "We lost him. I'm sorry, everyone, we just lost him. He's dead." My son fell to his knees on the pavement. "Why? Why, Lord? He was the best brother-in-law I ever had. Why?" After all the crying and the acceptance that our beloved Brad was gone, we picked up the stolen silverware and went back in the house. The Easter dinner was already cold but we all still sat down and ate it, knowing that's what Brad would have wanted. A tear fell from my daughter's face into her mashed potatoes. My wife tried consoling her. "We all dearly loved him, sweetie. But now he's just a spirit of the Lord. I'm sure he'll be there waiting for you." Wendy looked at my wife and said, "I hope so, Mom." Afterwards, I went into my study and wrote about what just happened. I entered it into a contest on a writing site. I thought about using some sad, well known, song from YouTube to enhance the piece, but then I decided not to because Brad would have seen that as cheating and I just couldn't do that to him.   Writing Prompt ~ Family Story ~ (fiction) Write a fiction story ~Read all rules! 400 word maximum No vulgar words, sexual terms, murder, ghosts, or profanity allowed No references to any political figures, past or present, such as same names or political parties/ideas such as Marxism--no warnings allowed Story is to be about humans No Christmas stories or adoption/birth of children, or a human in the hospital/hospice care with little time left to live No writing, animation, music included with one picture allowed Black font only Author Notes If there was a category for ridiculous, I would have put it under that. Lol. Thanks for reading. DS

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