NO EXIT | A 100 Word Story

#121 BrainCation

“If you’ll just sign here. Here,” she paused as I hastily signed my name on every line she pointed out. “And here.” She smiled at me and my mouth suddenly yearned for a glass of water. My god. What have I done?

She pushed a blue button I hadn’t noticed before and two large men in ill-fitting lab coats appeared through a door labeled “NO EXIT.”

“If you just follow these gentlemen, they will take good care of you.” Her voice was calm and so reassuring. I no longer wondered if I made the right decision, signing away my brain.

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BrainCation

(Brān•cā•shən)・VERB・Beguiling flash fiction and musings to facilitate your escape from reality・Slavishly crafted by Stephen Scott, BBus (Comms), DipArse, KCRR, SLAI Life Fellow, Writer of Words Esq..

By Stephen Scott

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