Win-win! - Drabble

He loved counting. Money in his pocket, countdown at the traffic signal, people on the street, computers in an office, books in the library etc. He even died at the hospital counting the drips and his heart beats. He was stopped at the common entrance to hell and heaven. Heaven decided he wasn’t fit to be there, as he had never done anything good to anyone. Hell had a similar argument. They wouldn’t take him in, as he had never done anything bad to others either. He sat outside all day counting the number of people entering hell and heaven.

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She always wanted to experience death and now she thought she was. She pinched herself and laughed thinking its too simple a trick to know the truth. She was trapped in her own absurd thoughts.
She saw her puppy roam around, stop and stare at her. “Maybe I’m still alive. Or the puppy is dead too?” Emotions whirled all around her.
She got a gun, shot a few rounds in the air like a furious cowboy who has lost all his senses. She pointed it to her head and the trigger was made to do what it is meant to

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She looked at her wedding ring and thought, “It’s all over”. They had no choice but to part their ways. She let out a sigh as memories filled her mind and tears filled her eyes. More tears ran down as she removed the ring from her finger. She walked to the study silently. The door was half open and lights on. She was firm with her decision and felt she was ready to speak to him. She opened the door, stood in silence. She wasn’t ready for what awaited her. All that she saw were feet that hung in silence.