Space- FB FWG 300 word flash fiction based on the picture below. Triggers: Suicide

The crisp morning air and clear blue skies invited me outdoors to have my first meal of the day.

I sat down on one of the many rocks that multiplied up the hill. My ear buds poured out the golden oldies giving me a feeling of peace. 

Facetime – interrupted my vibe. “Hey.” I answered. “I miss you.” His voice made me cringe just a little, the sight of him, more. 

I needed the time away, but technology wouldn’t let me get too far. “Same.” I wondered if he could see the lie on my face. “Pan around, let me take a gander at the beautiful landscaping of Utah.” His voice was full of energy. 

I glared back into the camera. “I can do you one better.” I stood up, sat my breakfast down, leaned my phone against a stone and let him peer out across the land. “Jenipher.” I stood out of view, arms crossed with my legs nervously bouncing. “I’m still here.” I said from a distance. But for how long, I wasn’t sure.

I turned my attention to the home below when I heard the screen door slide across the metal track. My stomach knotted up with decisions, definitely not butterflies. 

“Hey Jenipher, my grandmother wants you to bring her dish back inside. That’s an artifact, decades old, made by the Pech Indians in Honduras, not a cereal bowl!” My newest friend laughed at me. I felt my face flush with embarrassment. 

“Who was that? Who was that?” My phone’s speaker crackled from the loud tone of voice my husband now implemented. “Who was that man?” I hurriedly grabbed my phone, it slipped back  through my shaking hands, landing face down. My screen broke into a spiderweb of lines. “Ben, I’m sorry!” I could no longer see him, but I could hear the key unlock the cabinet door. “Ben!” My tears warmed the chill that now froze my blank face.

The sounds on the other side were exceedingly familiar. He threatened this so many times before. I didn’t think he would actually…………………… SILENCE filled the air.