Tessy leaves

How much of our past dictates our future?

Tessy pouted as she packed her toothbrush, Sandy doll, brush set and colouring pencils and went downstairs to make a peanut butter sandwich for lunch. Then, while daddy mowed the back lawn, she stalked off to mummy’s house, defiantly, uncertainly ... not the last time she’d leave a man to ease her pain.

This is an excerpt from 53 SMILES, 53 53-word stories available as both an e-book and a paperback, here.