Dating : Better Late Than Never?

A 50-word story about unplanned events

Hal wakes when the bus stops in Salina, Kansas. The clock on the wall reads twelve noon.

Salina, Hal knows, is nine hours from Denver.

Hal drops quarters into the payphone and massages his temples.

His fiancé answers.

“Hello, dear,” Hal says. “I’m going to be a bit late today.”