JKWriter's 100-word story for August 2, 2025

JKWriter wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on August 2, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

"Nothing ever gets done around here unless I do it myself," Maud muttered to herself. She'd been asking Rupert for over a week to fix the disposal, but here she was today...doing it all by herself and him snoring loudly in his chair. She muttered away lost in the chore for the better part of an hour, when without warning she felt a sharp, painful wack on her bum! She screamed just as the disposal suddenly came on followed by what sounded like the bone shattering. Horrified, she looked into the sink as her husband laughed hysterically behind her.

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