This is a #ZapFic50 story : a tale told in precisely 50 words
I used @MarianneWest's freewrite prompt
make you happy
@mariannewest/day-1104-5-minute-freewrite-thursday-prompt-make-you-happy
"I'll make you happy," she promised.
For a moment I believed her.
Love always ends badly, my father said, once. "Trust nobody."
Suspicion and jealousy had undermined all my relationships.
I tried not to look at her phone.
If I hadn't perhaps I wouldn't be staring at these iron bars.
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