A Stain Transformed :: CR99 220919

“Yo babe! What’s this? It was in your old dresser”

“Oh that. It’s from the night some jerk drove through an oily, muddy puddle and sprayed me outside my prom.”

“You – may have mentioned this.”

“I had mud and road grit in my hair, down my cleavage. The dress was ruined. I saved it to recall my hatred and anger.

“But – years passed: college, first jobs, a war, an unplanned child and a marriage – all happened. That dress transformed from an icon of hatred into one of blessing when you, that same jerk, transformed into my husband.”

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Inspired by Charli Mill’s Carrot Ranch, #99WordStories

and her Sept, 19, 2022, prompt:

In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about; “Muddy Tires”

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