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Prompt #6: Hours
Word count: 100
Olivia sat tensely in the chair, the emerging shadows cloaking her still face. She had watched the hours pass, from the sun dipping behind the horizon to the diminishing height of the tapers. Dinner had long since sunk into cold, its once fragrant aroma hung heavily in the air.
Standing slowly, she leaned forward to blow out the waning flame. Resignation thundered in her heart as she looked out at the intimately set table for two. A deux.
Turning away from the table, she set her jaw and vowed, "Never again."
Wasn't that what she had said the last time?