Flush - A Very Short Story

FLUSH

A very short story by Joe Finan

3.am -The Bathroom.

'Is there supposed to be blood in it Gerry?'

A sizable amount of fear tempered Mel's question as she watched her husband kneeling over the toilet in the en suite.

'Doctor Golapuddi told me to flush it all out of my system honey, all of it.'

That was all he could manage to say before another wave of intense nausea hit him. He let it all pass out of him, then spat out the lingering residue into the toilet.

'He said to expect a bit of blood, but its just from the lining of my throat, nothing to worry about,' coughed Gerry, standing up slowly and flushing away the last remnants of the poison dinner.