Prompt: Caught in the Rain

Words: Las Vegas, radiology, etch, funeral, textile, sweep, muslin, wholesale, wildlife, English

Story

Who knew you could get drenched in Las Vegas, but you can while on your way to a funeral and while wearing muslin. I couldn’t show up to Dr. English’s services looking like a drowned rat in wrinkled and now see through outfit. It wouldn’t be respectful or professional. Most of the others would be our colleagues in radiology.

I saw a wholesale textile shop. I could do a quick sweep, grab a new outfit and be on my way. I hit a snag; all the prints had wildlife. I don’t know which was worse, but I had to go. So, I picked something, dashed back out.

“Karen!”

I turned to see a rain blurry figure hurrying toward me. “Alec? I thought you’d be at the service already.”

“Forget the service, you have to come with me.”

“How could you say that? Dr. English…”

“Would totally understand. What we’ve discovered could etch our names in history.”

Who talks like that? Fortunately, I managed to not say that out loud. “What are you talking about?”

“Dr. English’s weather research. We cracked it. We can influence the weather.”

“What?”

“How else do you think this rain on his funeral happened? It’s Nevada.”

“Show me.”

Word Count: 202

Written: 1/14/2020