Judgement and Wrath

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Caitlin Moore opened the door to her living room and stepped into Hell.

Or that's how it seemed to her for the remaining three minutes and twenty-seven seconds of her life.

The clock began ticking when she pushed the door to with a nudge of her hip and reached for the light switch with an expertly aimed elbow. It was the usual Friday evening routine. Coming home from Collinwood High School with her arms filled with books and test papers for marking, she could hit the switch every time.

Except this time blackness prevailed.

'Goddamnit,' she muttered under her breath, swinging round to place the papers down on the sideboard next to the door.

It was the creaking of the easy chair by the TV that made her pause.

'Are you awake, Nate? How about giving me a hand here? The power's down.'

Nathaniel Moore was also a teacher at Miami's Collinwood High. But Caitlin's husband was a track coach and didn't have to attend the Friday evening tedium of the faculty meeting. He always got away three hours earlier, picked up Cassie from the sitter and went home. Once Cassie was tucked up in bed, and a couple of Jack Daniels were residing in his belly, Nate would doze in front of the wide screen with the Discovery Channel doing its best to cover his snores.

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