JKWriter's 100-word story for August 22, 2025

JKWriter wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on August 22, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

"What a jackass," someone said somewhere behind her. "No kidding. All of this so he can go viral on WhazUp," said another. They weren't wrong. Sure...it bothered her. What bothered her most though? She was just four months into her pregnancy, and he was still doing the same dangerous crap that he had always done. "It's always about what he wants...what he needs...never about what we need," she thought to herself as she placed her hand over her stomach. It was then that she finally decided enough was enough. She'd be seeing a lawyer the following Monday.

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