Countdown by Duane Allicock

Prompt: The List| Word count: 1500 | Genre: Fiction
The day Darius began to lose feeling in his body was the same day he and his fiancée called it quits. The wedding had been carded for April 30, less than 3 months away. His resistance to an old flame’s nude Snapchats, calls and conveniently showing up at his job, gave out a week before the other shoe dropped. And as luck had it, Janine received a text outlining all of Darius’ sins 10 Thursdays before the big day.
He knew she couldn’t be blamed for her reaction. In the months to come, when he had lost more than the ability to detect the kiss of an afternoon breeze on his face, he would wonder about how he had managed to remain faithful to her for so long.

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