A Raging Inferno

Storm had offered them a load of manure. Difficult to refuse. But the lad did help spread it. And Arthur’s back soon got better

Short Story By June Sutton

We’ll be colder than cod on ice in their backyard,” growled Arthur. He and Betty were on their way to see their daughter, Lisa, and her boyfriend, Storm, otherwise known as Brian. Lisa called him Storm because he swept everything aside to get to a bargain. Betty admired his spirit and she liked the way he had changed Lisa’s face from peaky pear shade to plump peach since she’d met him. “Storm will have everything figured out,” she reassured her husband. The first time they’d met Storm, he’d said, “Like a load of well-rotted manure, Mr Boon?” Difficult to refuse. But the lad did help spread it. And Arthur’s back soon got better. Arthur and Betty had just got back from a camping break. Moth convention. It was so adventurous,…

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