SIDERIUS CLASSIC 100-WORD
COMPETITION, 2024
"My wife threatened to push me down the stairs," Grant replied. "Cops told me to leave for my own safety."
Grant had nowhere to go. Gail didn't have a spare bed but she offered him a recliner chair in her living room. She lived with her elderly mother who had dementia.
Grant's arthritic hips limited his mobility but he helped prepare meals. Gail baked yummy cookies. Often the two friends played cards while Mom dozed nearby.
The winds of his wife's violence had blown fiercely but Grant had found shelter from the storm.