South Pacific Affair

by Drew Lindsay

  The powers that be were also silent.

  ‘I’m not as bad as they make out. Voodoo is just a game I play. People who get hurt deserve to be hurt…you know that.’

  Silence.

  Doris got to her feet. ‘I need my depression pills.’ She walked to a cupboard, opened the door and reached for a small white box. She turned and looked back into the empty kitchen. ‘If you would give me a hand, I wouldn’t have to take these damn pills.’

  Silence.

  Doris put three tiny pills into her mouth and washed them down with straight scotch. She took the pan off the unlit gas stove, turned off the kitchen light and walked slowly along the hallway to the staircase, a refreshed tumbler of scotch sloshing unsteadily in one hand.

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