JKWriter's 100-word story for December 3, 2025

JKWriter wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on December 3, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

Magnus was sitting at his desk in bemusement on the top floor of the main house. He could have strangled his son; he would have, too, had he had the chance to catch him. Alas, Jonah had already slipped away sometime in the middle of the night. He fingered the note that the boy had stupidly left for his mother. He lifted a thumb to his chin where she'd scratched him. The wench hadn't wanted him to see it, but the cleaning girl had already told him about it. Women were stupid creatures. They let their emotions rule their heads.

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