A 100 word #ZapfFic100 story written by Bruce @felt.buzz, inspired by the random word prompt "innovation"
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The Transportal is a real game changer.
Her dad, amateur inventor, gadget lover and master of the understatement, would have been have called it "a neat little innovation". He was shot dead in a home robbery, ten years ago. Her invention, based on her father's hidden notes, would eliminate the need for cars and planes.
"Anyone else seen this?" Ken, Dad's best friend, asks.
"Just you!" Her grin falls away when she sees the gun.
"I thought I'd destroyed all his research. You should've left it alone. As I told your father: too many people have too much to lose."
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