Second

Ecclesiastical sports day. Benedictine brothers v. Carmelite sisters. In the egg & spoon final, Father Roy came second to a nun. @130story

For the third time in as many minutes Jane reread her results. A first. She will be the second in her family to study medicine @130story

For a second everything felt calm. I stopped feeling the buzz where the bullet had come through. Maybe being a zombie ain't bad @130story

He hurried past.
A fleeting glance.
A single shot.
No second chance.

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