Stories by Sarah

Second Opinion

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The doctor looked through the microscope. Shook his head and checked again. He couldn’t be sure but…it really did seem like it was true.

I’d better get a second opinion, he thought.

“Hey Charles, come over here and tell me what you think” he said to his colleague, who was busy working on a rather nasty looking Petri dish.

Charles put his eye hard up against the looking glass and gave a startled cry, confirming what he’d thought. The girl had sunk so deeply into her depression, she’d become an island.

Now, how to connect her back to the mainland…

By Sarah ©2017

 

Prompt: Bikurgurl, 100 Word Wednesday – Week 24, Word count: 100