Going Once, Going Twice…

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Timely, he gasped as, flustered, he slipped into the only vacant seat and straightened his hat – the wind had caught it, tugged it and left it awry. For if that bus had been two minutes earlier he’d have been half an hour late. And that would have torn his heart.

Half an hour – thirty minutes – mightn’t rate much in the average 36,792,000 minutes the Bible allotted to Mankind. But thirty minutes might have lost him that precious timepiece to be auctioned today.


82 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Timepiece

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7 Responses to Going Once, Going Twice…

  1. Sadje's avatar Sadje says:

    Glad he made it in time

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  2. Dale's avatar Dale says:

    Time is everything when we want something and are limited to a specific one!

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