Jackal's 100-word story for August 12, 2025

Jackal wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on August 12, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! I’m gonna be late again. Oh god!! Gary is gonna kill me for sure this time. But like what the hell is this fog? I can’t see shit and no one else can either! For your knowledge, I actually left the house with plenty of time to even stop by my favorite coffee shop and say hi to Angelica. But because of this horrific fog, Mr. Jones from across the street was searching for Princess after she ran off this morning so of course I had to help him. But will Gary care? Nope. I’m so fucked!!

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