kelsey's 100-word story for June 5, 2025

kelsey wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on June 5, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

Astrid stood looking across the horizon. In two days she fly to America. America, the land beyond, where Papa and Grandmother Alice were waiting for her and Mama. Two more days... Fifty years before, Alice stood at the same spot looking across the sea. Only two more hours in her country. Two long hours yet two short hours. She needed to go say goodbye to Grandmother Elsa. Fifty years earlier, Elsa stood there, too. In two minutes her best friend Olivia would sail to America. Why would someone want to go there? She needed to go say good-bye to Olivia.

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