Gray's 100-word story for June 25, 2025

Gray wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on June 25, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

Francesca was nice. Liberto met her at Ray's, across the street from the Catholic school. She'd been reading Red Card Ranger #4 and ordered a meatball sub. He'd asked was she a fan; evidently, she'd never met another fan either. Then the sun was going down and Ray was saying hey, hello, I gotta go home sometime. Lunch lady at the school, Uber driver, tax preparer, dog walker, babysitter. In between the juggling, she went to beauty school and texted Liberto. Six months went by. She sent: we never meet up? Oh, he thought. Oh. 'You deserve a good guy.'

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